Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that New Delhi is not "reciprocating" the gestures by Islamabad for finding an amicable solution to the Kashmir problem.
Mirwaiz, who is in the United States to participate in seminars organised by the Kashmiri-American Council, told reporters in Washington that Pakistan had been "very accommodative. But I see no flexibility in India's attitude...Unless India reciprocates, I do not see the peace process going anywhere."
During his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mirwaiz said his group was informed of several steps being taken to ease tension in Jammu and Kashmir including withdrawal of troops, according to a news report received here.
"When we met the Prime Minister, he promised to take a number of steps to improve the situation, to make life easy for ordinary Kashmiris but nothing happened," he said, accusing the Centre of not fulfilling promises made to Pakistan and the Kashmiri leadership. The Hurriyat Chief went on to describe Singh as "a sweet person, nice to talk to", but said, "he never takes any concrete step to fulfil his pledges".
Mirwaiz also called for granting clemency to Mohammed Afzal Guru, facing execution in the Parliament attack case in 2001, and said if New Delhi went ahead with the hanging, "the consequences will be negative" to the peace process in Kashmir.