Ram Madhav for tough action on Kashmir unrest

New Delhi : BJP leader Ram Madhav on Saturday favoured tough action to control the current unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and said separatists should give up the agitational path and consider dialogue.

The party general secretary also said the PDP-BJP government in the state would last its full term as long the two parties abide by the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) and tackle the situation in an appropriate manner.

There is a concern, that we probably have not tackled it (situation) effectively. We have allowed certain things to drift. Time has come for us to act tough and control the situation in the larger interest of the people of the valley as also the larger interest of India's integrity," he told Karan Thapar on India On Saturday TV.

On the national mainstream parties' demand for talks with Hurriyat, Madhav said they were free to talk to the state government as the CMP says that the state government was ready to talk to all stakeholders including the separatists.

"Very much. They should give up their agitational politics which is not going to yield them anything. I am telling them very clearly," he said to a question whether the ball was in the Hurriyat's court.Madhav said even though some members of the all-party delegation had approached separatists, their response was negative as they seem only interested in instigating violence.