Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Thursday said after the Indo-Pak Joint Statement at Sharm-el Sheikh, the government may be "inclined to settle" the Kashmir issue in blatant violation of the unanimous resolution on it in Parliament in 1995.
"The joint statement in Sharm-el Sheikh is a curtain raiser to the United Progressive Alliance government's surrender to Pakistan on the Kashmir issue under external pressure. The government seems inclined to 'settle' the Kashmir issue in blatant violation of the unanimous resolution by both Houses of Parliament," Advani said.
He was speaking at the launch of the Urdu version, "Mera Watan, Meri Zindagi" of his autobiography, "My Country My Life".
Advani said while Bharatiya Janata Party followed the two-pronged policy of honestly pursuing friendship with Pakistan while not compromising on terrorism, the UPA government was interested in friendship with Pakistan at any cost.
"This may prove costly," he warned. He said Pakistan was engaged in a "proxy war" through terrorism as it had faced defeat in three conventional wars with India.
Raking up the Ayodhya temple issue, he said it should be resolved through dialogue between leaders of Hindu and Muslim communities.
"Ayodhya played a major role in changing history. Secularism is not vote bank politics. I would like to tell my Muslim brothers that the Ayodhya issue should be solved through dialogue between the leaders of the two communities," Advani said, referring to the Babri mosque-Ram Janambhoomi issue.
Advani had in the past maintained that building a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya has always been on the party's agenda and would be fulfilled if BJP got an absolute majority.
Referring to the Sachar Committee findings, Advani held Congress responsible for the poor state of Muslims in India. "What came out of the Committee formed by the government? That good has not been done to Muslims. For 60 years, one party has ruled this country. But only those who play communal politics have benefited," he said.
The Urdu version of his autobiography is the sixth translation. It has already been translated into Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi.
