Chairman Hurriyet Forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said, "India has no option but to accept Jammu and Kashmir as a dispute and take solid steps to resolve it." In a media interview here, he said, "RSS backed forces have unleashed a cultural and political onslaught against the Kashmiri people." He deplored, "The Indian public did not react the way they should have done against the atrocities committed on Kashmiri people by Indian forces in the Held territory."