Muscular policy on Kashmir is brainless policy: Yashwant Sinha

May 23, 2018 22:07

In an apparent swipe at the Centre, former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today said a muscular policy on Kashmir is a brainless one as muscles do not have brain.

Speaking at an event to launch a book, written jointly by former chiefs of intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan - A S Dulat and Asad Durrani respectively besides author Aditya Sinha, he suggested India must talk to Pakistan in order to resolve the Kashmir issue.

Referring to recent media reports, Sinha said Indian media says Pakistani Rangers are pleading for mercy now.

And the next day the Rangers started bombarding and shelling and all. And so much damage had been done to that entire area. What is this 'moonhtod Jawab' (befitting reply)? And with all due respect, a muscular policy is bound to be a brainless policy because muscles don't have brain, he said.

The Border Security Force on Sunday said that the Pakistan Rangers had "pleaded" with them to stop firing along the International Border (IB) after being pounded with heavy artillery that also left a trooper dead across the border.

Sinha said Pakistan has to be brought in (to resolve Kashmir issue).

There are voices coming from deep state, now not only in media but I am aware they are also one on one, which I would say are quiet friendly and they create a hope. Now we should respond to those overtures from the deep state in Pakistan in a positive way so that if we can find a way through minefield we should discover that way, he said.

Sinha, who has been actively involved in resolving issue of militancy and stone pelting among others in Kashmir, said dialogue should begin at two levels.

-- PTI

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