On the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir in an attempt to address issues in the prevailing situation in the state, the Supreme Court on Monday said the issues should be “dealt with politically” and it can’t be managed judicially.
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Rajnath will be accompanied by Home Secretary and joint Secretary Kashmir division.
This is the second visit of Singh in a month to the Valley which has been witnessing unrest with violence spilling on to streets, since killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on 8th july this year.
Shops and business establishments, however, remained closed across the city for the 46th day in a row. Separatist leaders have asked people to continue the shutdown till August 25.
At least 17 people were injured today by pellets fired by security forces to quell stone-pelting mobs in Shopian district, police said.
According to Centre, a total of 872 incidents of violence were reported mainly from south Kashmir and parts of central and north Kashmir.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the stand of the central government over unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the issue can not be dealt with by the courts.
“Tell us if you want to go meet the political establishment that can deal with the matter”, the court said, referring to a meeting between a delegation of the state’s opposition parties led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked Singh to join the delegation.
The government has also engaged a group of civil society members, mostly prominent non-Kashmiri Muslim personalities, to help bring peace in Kashmir and a delegation is likely to visit the valley soon. We have to take forward Atalji’s doctrine (of Insaniyat, Jamhooriat and Kashmiriyat).
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday that certain forces are out to fulfill the unsafe agenda of dividing people of the state in the name of region and religion.
