A section of the all-party delegation will today meet Hurriyat leaders after separatists turned down talks with them, sources said today. Three members of the all-party delegation, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja and Asaduddin Owaisi, will to call on hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani for a "transparent agenda-based dialogue to address the core issue" of Kashmir. The leaders, who are part of an all-party delegation, said they would meet the Hurriyat in "individual capacity". This came after separatists rejected Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's invitation to them for meeting with the delegation and termed the measure as "deceitful". Also read: Kashmir unrest: Separatist leaders call Parliamentary delegation's visit a crisis management tacticIn a joint statement, separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (both of separate Hurriyat Conference factions) and Yasin Malik (of JKLF) dismissed the chief minister's offer.

Source: India Today September 04, 2016 11:26 UTC