India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held its first ever public meeting in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday and urged freedom fighters to give up arms.
"Terrorism will not work. Join the national mainstream ... Ballot is more powerful than bullet," BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu told a public rally in the heavily guarded Sher-e-Kashmir park in occupied Srinagar.
More than 1,000 BJP supporters waved party flags while occupation forces cordoned off the area to prevent freedom fighters attacks during the meeting.
"Leave the guns. We are ready to talk. We are talking to Pakistan, we are talking to Hurriyat," Naidu said.
Last month New Delhi held talks with moderates in the All Parties Hurriyat (freedom) Conference.
The two countries agreed to a "basic roadmap" for peace in three days of preparatory talks which ended successfully on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said.