Kashmiris will prefer freedom: Saifuddin Soz

Cong. plans action against Soz

Senior Congress politician from Kashmir Saifuddin Soz in his upcoming book Kashmir Glimpses of History and the story of the struggle, writes that former Pakistan President General Parvez Musharraf had convinced his colleagues that the UN resolution on Kashmir which offers the option of either going with India or Pakistan is redundant.

“Musharraf had explained that if Kashmiris were given a chance to exercise their free will, they would prefer to be independent. In fact, this assessment of Musharraf seems to be correct even today,” Mr. Soz writes, quoting sources, in the last chapter of his book “Kashmir — the way forward.”

Fearing a repeat of the Mani Shankar Aiyar episode and handing over a stick to the BJP to beat it with, the

Congress has swiftly declared that suitable action will be taken against Mr. Soz. “The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee will decide and take appropriate action,” Congress media-incharge Randeep Surjewala said on Friday.

Mr. Soz did not reply to the phone call or text messages sent by

The Hindu .

Mr. Surjewala said that “stray statements” should not divert from the actual agenda.

Mr. Soz’s book comes at a time when the Congress has launched a campaign against the BJP and the PDP for derailing the peace process in Kashmir.