Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Monday said the country's leadership should fully support the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process instead of ''playing politics with it for electoral gains''.
A patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sayeed said he was dismayed that senior BJP leader L K Advani should make remarks alleging that the UPA government was making compromises on Kashmir.
He said in a statement that as the main opposition, the BJP must stand behind the process, initiated by the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif in February 1999.
He added that at a time when the peace process had reached a crucial stage, a positive response was expected from the BJP to any move by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh aimed at continuing and consolidating the process.
Sayeed further said both Vajpayee and Singh have pursued the peace process with sincerity of purpose and highest levels of statesmanship. He requested that Kashmir should not be exploited for electoral gains.
The pain of Kashmiris has reached a level, where the yearning for peace had gained substantial ground, he said.
The challenge before both the countries was now to convert favorable and refreshing circumstances into a meaningful and peaceful resolution process instead of wasting time on those portions of the maze that they have already visited, he added.
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