"We will talk to the government and put forth our case. We have a strong case to plead for the resolution of Kashmir issue," former APHC chief, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, said at a Friday congregation in Srinagar.
Posters printed in Urdu, seen pasted in several villages of Anantnag and Pulwama districts of South Kashmir, have asked people to boycott the polls.
Extremists groups have warned the Hurriyat Conference not to hold talks without first consulting them.
"There is [a] strong difference of opinion with Geelani. If he cooperates and removes this difference it would be fine. Otherwise, he will slowly be isolated."
Among them are Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Ahmed Shah.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement to reduce troops in Jammu and Kashmir 'hasty'.
The two factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday reacted cautiously to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's proposal to demilitarise some regions of Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control and grant them automomy.
The Hurriyat chairman said an expansion of the seven-member executive can be considered, but the members will have to abide by the discipline of the amalgam.
'We want New Delhi and Islamabad to include Kashmiris in the talks while addressing the Kashmir issue,' Hurriyat chairman Mohammad Abbas Ansari said.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on the talks between the prime minister and the Hurriyat Conference.
The separatist outfit wants to understand the Northern Ireland peace process and determine if it can be applied to the Kashmir problem.
The pro-Pakistan Peoples League criticised Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for holding talks with the Centre.
The Centre also favours a dialogue with the Naxalites, said Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
They want to gauge public opinion on the recent Indo-Pakistan peace talks.
Qazi Ahadullah is the second political leader to be released in five days.
The APHC said the statement is in the larger interest of the people in the South Asian region.
'America and Britain want a greater role in sorting out the Kashmir problem which they liken to the Palestine problem,' says Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, former chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference.
New Delhi had suggested April 14 or 15 for a meeting between the APHC and the PM, but Hurriyat Conference representatives will be reaching Delhi only on April 16.
"I got the invitation from the Pakistan High Commission on Tuesday," Geelani said.
"We will be meeting Musharraf on April 16. This has been verbally communicated to us," Hurriyat Conference's founder-chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told PTI.
The separatist leader is suspected to have cancer of the kidney according to family sources.
Sir Michael lauded the Centre's commitment to enter into a 'genuine dialogue process' with all parties in J&K.
The amalgam has deferred its meeting to discuss the Centre's invitation so that its members can watch the Peshawar match.
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