Srinagar : Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday said he told BJP leader Yashwant Sinha that the government should release all separatist leaders and others arrested during an ongoing unrest as a precursor to beginning negotiations on how to solve the Kashmir issue.
“The conversation took place in a cordial atmosphere” and Geelani demanded that “all people and leaders should be released and the cases against them withdrawn so that, after consultation, a common and collective point of view can be put forward” over the Kashmir issue, the statement said.
