MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 28: The Hizbul Mujahideen on Saturday advised India to give up its intransigence and initiate the dialogue involving the three parties.

In a meeting, the command council of the Hizb said India should accept Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed state and initiate dialogue in the light of the United Nations resolutions with all the parties, including the representative political and militant leadership in Kashmir.

Hizb spokesman Salim Hashmi said the command council, in the meeting presided over by the group’s supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, expressed satisfaction over the successful actions of the Mujahideen. It reiterated its resolve to continue the struggle with full vigour to overthrow illegal Indian rule in the held territory.

It said the Mufti Sayeed-led government in occupied Kashmir was not an elected setup “but standing on crutches through the joint efforts of the Research and Analysis Wing and the Indian army.”

“Those talking of peace must keep in mind that peace could only be established, not only in Kashmir but also in the whole South Asian region, when the issue of Kashmir would be settled in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiris,” it said. “Otherwise it would be impossible to avert a nuclear holocaust,” it warned.

India Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani had said in occupied Jammu on Friday that New Delhi planned to hold talks with the government in occupied Kashmir and the Mujahideen groups on ways to bring peace to the region.

The council took exception to suggestions put forward by some politicians for conversion of the Line of Control into border.

“The attempts of such people, made intentionally or unintentionally, are damaging the freedom struggle besides being in violation of the UN resolutions,” it said.

“God knows for the accomplishment of whose agenda these people are trying to throw away the sacrifices of 80,000 martyrs,” the council said, but vowed that the Mujahideen, particularly the Hizb, would not let any such attempt succeed.

It termed the death sentence awarded by an Indian court to three Kashmiris “a worst example of judicial terrorism. Through this so-called judicial process, India has made yet another disgusting attempt to establish the veracity of the parliament attack drama, which already stood exposed before the outside world,” it said.

Asking the international organizations and human rights watchdogs to play their role in saving the lives of the innocent Kashmiris, the council warned that if anything happened to them, its consequences would be highly disastrous for India.

The council paid tribute to the people of Kashmir for their valour and sacrifices and assured them that the Mujahideen would not stop the armed struggle until the resolution of the issue according to the wishes of 14 million Kashmiris.