The military operations must stop and we expect the government to create a congenial atmosphere for the talks. Or else we shall not sit for talks.

We have told the Indian government in clear terms that we will pull out of the talks if security forces continue with their operations resulting in excesses on the common people.

The government seems to have no control of the army and so even after an assurance from New Delhi about confidence building measures, the soldiers were at ease targeting innocent civilians in the name of insurgency.

The government must step down as it has allowed the army to kill even an innocent civilian in the name of countering insurgency.

The Congress Government is doing all these things to get the minority support during the coming Assembly election.

I have said to the prime minister that if the military came out the image of ... the government would be hurt.