The Government has said that it is willing to have any dialogue under the ambit of humanity to address the issue of Kashmir. Replying to a debate in the Rajya Sabha, the Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Centre wants to find a permanent solution to Kashmir issue and it is ready for any kind of dialogue within the Constitutional framework and if necessary, even willing to hold dialogue within the framework of insaniyat or humanity. In this context, he sought the cooperation of the opposition Congress, if it could help in any manner. However, he said that the Government will not use any agent for resolving the Kashmir issue. Mr Singh said, the Government will do everything to resolve the issue with active cooperation of the state government. On demands for revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, there is no consensus on the issue. At the same time, he said a Governor is empowered to withdraw the provision from any particular area through a simple notification. Mr. Singh said that India wants good relations with Pakistan and is ready to hold talks with the country to end the problem of infiltration. The Home Minister also said, the Government is willing to hold talks with North East insurgents as well as Naxals if they shun arms while promising to step up measures to deal with violence with a tough hand. The Minister asserted that the Government does not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion and blamed vote-bank politics for the recent incidents of communal violence and said, it will not tolerate such occurrences.

He said that for establishing communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre is ready to provide any kind of cooperation. The Minister said that the concern and priority of the government is employment, food and security.