Ready for talks with anyone having meaningful ideas: PM

Anantnag (Kashmir), Oct 28 (PTI) In a fresh initiative,
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday expressed the
Indian government's willingness to "talk to anyone" having
"meaningful ideas" to promote peace in Jammu and Kashmir
(northernmost state) and offered to resume dialogue with
Pakistan provided it curbed activities of those engaged in
terrorism in India.

Flanked by Congress party President Sonia Gandhi and
state leaders -- state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Indian
Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad and state's
former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed -- Singh announced
Indian government's assistance to a series of development
measures in the state at a public meeting here.
Affirming that "the era of violence and terrorism is
coming to an end", the Prime Minister recalled that five years
ago his government had committed itself to having
unconditional dialogue with "whoever abjures violence" after
which the government had held discussions with different
groups and implemented a number of initiatives.
"I wish to say again today that we are willing to talk to
anyone who has any meaningful ideas for promoting peace and
development in Kashmir.
"We want to carry all sections of the people with us in
resolving the political and economic problems of Jammu and
Kashmir," Singh said.
After the meeting, the Prime Minister and other leaders
flagged off the 18-km long Anantnag-Qazigund section of the
Kashmir rail project. "The day is not far when trains will run
from Jammu to Srinagar through the Banihal pass," he said.
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