Separatists should have put across ‘roadmap’ to all-party

delegation: Mehbooba Jammu, Sep 10 (PTI) Separatists should have put across animplementable roadmap for resolution of Kashmir issue insteadof shying away from meeting the all-party delegation and being"caught in darkness", Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said. She also voiced hope that the Centre will initiate aninclusive engagement through an institutionalized mechanism toaddress the Kashmir issue and the separatists will respondpositively to it. "Instead of being caught in darkness, the separatistsshould have met the members of the all-party delegation andput across an implementable roadmap for the resolution of the(Kashmir) issue," the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister wasquoted as saying at a function here yesterday. She said "by shying away from talks, a message has gonearound that the separatists are not interested in ending thepeople’s miseries by coming forward for peaceful resolution ofthe issue", according to an official statement. "We hope a fresh and productive effort would be made bythe country’s political leadership to reach out to all thestakeholders in the state to address the issue throughinclusive and comprehensive engagement," she said. Separatist leaders had refused to meet some of the MPs ofthe all-party delegation who had reached out to them duringits visit the state on September 4-5. PTI ABRT