Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has supported one of the interlocutors' remarks about involving Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Omar said this, in fact, is the truth and there's no avoiding it.
"What is new in this? When Vajpayee visited Pakistan, didn't he discuss Kashmir? Is there not a resolution in Parliament where we want a part of Kashmir back from Pakistan? You include Pakistan in that, and when the interlocutors want to discuss Pakistan, you people have a problem with that. Pakistan has an important role in resolving the Kashmir issue, which cannot be ignored," Omar said.
The remark by Dilip Padgaonkar had created a controversy and he had come under attack by the BJP.
Earlier on Monday, the team of interlocutors - Dilip Padgaonkar, MM Ansari and Radha Kumar - met the Chief Minister and a cross section of people in Srinagar.
They got a somewhat hostile reception on Sunday with the separatists refusing to meet them.
The team had met journalists in the city and visited the Central jail and spoke to the inmates.They also initiated dialogue with militants.