Kashmiri Leaders Welcome RSS Leader's Call For India-Pakistan Dialogue

"As residents of the border region of Kargil, we greatly value initiatives that help foster better relations with our neighbours. There are thousands of divided families in Ladakh and Baltistan who have been waiting for more than seven decades to reunite with their loved ones. We respectfully urge the relevant authorities to consider allowing these families to meet on humanitarian grounds, as such gestures would go a long way in building trust, reducing hardship, and promoting peace in the region."

Former Army chief, General (retired) Manoj Naravane, backed the pro-talks move by the RSS.

"It vindicates the stand of the PDP that if we have to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the window of dialogue must remain open."

"It is a very big move that the RSS leader called for talks with Pakistan, and a former army chief has backed his statement. I am glad that somebody is now thinking that war is not an option. It is the question of dialogue, which we must always have to solve our problems."

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale called for dialogue with Pakistan and for people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan.

Operation Sindoor was carried out in 2025, as noted in the article to contextualize the security environment ahead of calls for dialogue.

The abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir occurred in 2019, a development referenced in the article as context for shifts in the political landscape.