Delhi says no to Hurriyat participation in talks

"There is no question of involving Hurriyat in the Indo-Pak talks," Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said.

However, he said the Centre has opened its doors for Hurriyat to give its suggestions for the resolution of the Kashmir issue. "Now the onus lies on Hurriyat Conference as to when they want to come forward in this regard," he said, adding the Government was ready to hold dialogue with any group in Kashmir over the issue.

Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who along with eight separatist leaders from Kashmir had visited Pakistan earlier this month, had said that the conglomerate should be included in the Indo-Pak dialogue process to find an amicable solution to the Kashmir problem.

Claiming that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was better now than at any time during the last 15 years, Jaiswal said the UPA government had taken several steps, including the current round of Indo-Pak dialogue, to bring piece in the state.