New Delhi, Nov 02: As a follow up to naming Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani for talks with Hurriyat, an exercise has begun in the government to evolve a "focussed approach" to the dialogue process. The government has formed a "coordination group" comprising Centre's interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra, Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande, Home Secretary N Gopalaswami, Intelligence Bureau Director K P Singh and former RAW director A S Dulat to do the groundwork before talks could be held with Hurriyat leadership, high-level official sources told here today.

After holding two preliminary meetings last week, the group will meet early next week again to hold comprehensive discussions on the intended dialogue considering the ground realities, they said. "The exercise is to evolve a focussed approach to the dialogue process," a source said, pointing out that the group will be meeting at regular intervals.

Noting that Hurriyat's response after the October 22 announcement had been "positive", the sources said the government expected the conglomerate to take "some time" before the talks could actually begin.

"The Hurriyat has said it will evolve a consensus before holding talks. Such an exercise takes time and we are also not in a hurry," they said. Bureau Report