Need to change talk around JK: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Sep 27 There is have to "change the talk" around Jammu and Kashmir as there is no such thing as the Kashmir issue, Union minister Jitendra Singh has stated, focusing on that the main "purpose of open deliberation" is recovering Pakistan possessed Kashmir (PoK).

The minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office said this after paying a pictorial reverence to saints of Jammu and Kashmir Police and killed Army officer Lt Ummer Fayyaz here yesterday.

Lt Fayyaz's Facebook page, letters amid his Army training days and also the photos of killed J-K officers Mohammed Ayoub Pandith, Feroz Ahmed Dar and others were on display at the event.

"There is have to change the talk (on Jammu and Kashmir) for future generations. We need to change the agenda.There is no such issue as Kashmir issue. It is as much a part of India as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or some other state.

"The main issue if at all is the manner by which to recover a part of Kashmir which is under the illegal occupation of Pakistan for as far back as 70 years and restore the Valley in an indistinguishable configuration from was given over by Maharaja Hari Singh," Singh said.

He underlined the central government's "proactive" strides in bringing development to the Valley, especially with respect to neutralising extremist forces.

"The border dwellers, disregarding the hardships they confront, have requested that we make solid move against cross-fringe shelling. We have given our powers certainty and opportunity to follow up on the outskirts, and the outcomes are for anyone passing by to view.

"We have been able to neutralise many terrorists and foil infiltration bids. Our crackdown on terror finding in the Valley is another progression to step towards reestablishing commonality in the state," he said.

Hitting out at the past political administrations for "mishandling Kashmir", Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, who was likewise present on the event, said the Modi government was the main "ray of hope" for the people.

"In an initially, the Center and the state government are in agreement as to managing terrorism and dissidence," he said.

On questions being raised against the PDP-BJP coalition in the express, the Deputy CM said such an organization together was a "striking choice". "We needed to leave a ton of issues dear to us for the larger interest of the state," he said.

Union minister Jitendra Singh said the outside effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the real accomplishments of the present administration at the Center.

"Many countries that were earlier not convinced with India's position on Kashmir have come around. It gives the nation a noteworthy lift in advancing its remain on the issue on a worldwide stage," he said.

Discussing the arrival of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley, the MoS said it was basic to "make a favorable environment with the goal that the community members returns voluntarily".

Former MP Tarun Vijay, who was additionally present at the occasion, saluted the give up of regular citizens, policemen and armed force staff who set out their lives while engaging psychological oppressor powers.

Lt Fayaz, an Army officer of Rajputana Rifles, was stole and murdered by aggressors in south Kashmir's Shopian region on May 9 this year.

Srinagar DySP Mohammed Ayub Pandith was lynched to death outside Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta on June 22 while Sub inspector Feroz Ahmed Dar was killed by LeT terrorists in Anantnag on June 16.