Click to play videoNew Delhi: Jammu rolled out the red carpet for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Jammu University conferred an honorary degree upon him.
However, it was also an opportunity for the Prime Minister to reiterate ideas concerning building peace with Pakistan.
“We are committed to winning the hearts and minds of all. We will never allow anyone to stop the heartbeat of a peace-loving people in whatever cause. We will also continue our dialogue with Pakistan, despite difficulties, in this spirit because I genuinely believe that there is no alternative but to work for building peace,” said Singh.
And that means, keeping the Line of Control (LoC), but changing its meaning.
“Borders cannot be changed, but they can be made irrelevant. There can be no question of divisions or partitions, but the LoC can become a line of peace with a freer flow of ideas, goods, services and people,” he added.
He said the roundtable process initiated in Jammu and Kashmir was a sincere and transparent way to bring peace to the troubled state.
He was hopeful those who had boycotted it would join the process.
(With inputs from Shiv Pujan Jha)
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