Ranchi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad today said 95 per cent of the militants operating in
Jammu and Kashmir are not from the state.
"Twenty years ago the ratio was 95 per cent from the
state and five per cent from outside. Now it is just the
reverse because the people have understood that justice can be
done only through dialogue," Azad told reporters here.
About five-six years ago, the people of Jammu and
Kashmir realised that the state's economy had come to tatters
following violence, he said.
"But had they understood this 20 years ago, there
wouldn't have been any bloodshed," he said.
Reaching out to the ultra-left wing extremism in
Jharkhand, he called upon the naxalites to shun the path of
violence.
"Drop your guns. Come forward for talks and you will
get justice and solutions to all problems. Violence is not
good for anybody," he said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 22:36