New Delhi: Former Intelligence chief Dineshwar Sharma, who has been appointed as an interlocutor for Kashmir by the Centre, on Tuesday said the youth of the Valley was getting radicalized and Pakistan was playing a major role in alienating them.
"The youth and people of Kashmir have to realise what is good for them... I will make them realise that whether they should be working at the behest of some foreign power or they should be working for their own future," Dineshwar Sharma said, while talking exclusively to NDTV.
"Youth is an important factor not only in Kashmir but the entire country... Youth are future of Kashmir. I will try to convince them that for future of Kashmir and for their own future they need to play a constructive role," added Mr Sharma.
Statistics reveal that Jammu and Kashmir's 24.6 per cent population in the age of 18-29 years is unemployed, which is far more than the country's unemployment rate of 13.2 per cent.
As on what his mandate would be, Mr Sharma clarified that the Home Minister had already spelt it out when he did his press conference. "I would like to speak to all the stake holders," he said.
"The youth and people of Kashmir have to realise what is good for them... I will make them realise that whether they should be working at the behest of some foreign power or they should be working for their own future," Dineshwar Sharma said, while talking exclusively to NDTV.
"Youth is an important factor not only in Kashmir but the entire country... Youth are future of Kashmir. I will try to convince them that for future of Kashmir and for their own future they need to play a constructive role," added Mr Sharma.
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Statistics reveal that Jammu and Kashmir's 24.6 per cent population in the age of 18-29 years is unemployed, which is far more than the country's unemployment rate of 13.2 per cent.
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As on what his mandate would be, Mr Sharma clarified that the Home Minister had already spelt it out when he did his press conference. "I would like to speak to all the stake holders," he said.
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