Guided tour of foreign envoys ,a futile exercise- AIP

Srinagar, 13th (PTK) Terming yet another guided tour of foreign envoys as a futile exercise, Awami Itehad Party today asked the current Government in New Delhi to not make a laughing stock of themselves in front of the entire world by engaging in such churlish public relation exercises .The remarks made by some foreign delegates are not only far from reality but laughable to say the least .They not only expose the ill planned exercise but also portray current Government’s cosmetic measures in a very bad light. One of the envoy’s told local media that he was visiting Kashmir as a tourist. The envoy from Afghanistan is admiring natural beauty, praising Kashmiri hospitality basically doing everything apart from focusing on job at hand. Shikara rides and other touristy things seem to show that the delegation is here on a picnic rather than taking a first hand account of present day, grass root political situation. Such kind of buffoonery which is happening in the name of a high level foreign delegation visit at a time when nearly all top leaders of Kashmir across political ideologies continue to be under house arrest or locked up in jails in India including AIP Supremo Er Rashid is nothing less than an evil joke, said Party Spokesperson Sheeban Ashai in a statement. In such an environment when democracy in Kashmir exists only on paper, having such guided tours for foreign envoys is absolutely meaningless.