PDP, which is in power in Jammu and Kashmir, today told the all-party meeting here that the current unrest has a religious tinge which is different from the past such episodes.
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Pakistan on Thursday said it had written to the Arab League highlighting the “horrific” Indian brutalities in Kashmir and asked its member countries to intervene.
Narendra Modi also promised to look into the grievances of those living there in a statement issued after meeting with national political parties to find ways of ending the ongoing violence in the troubled state. He however said that there was need to win confidence of people of the valley.
DMK leader Kanimozhi, who was having difficulty in following the proceedings of the meeting which were mostly in Hindi, said similar was the situation with regard to Kashmiris as they were not able to understand the language of the central government, the sources said. CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury said it was better late than never that the Prime Minister had called the all-party meeting on Kashmir situation, the sources said.
Prime Minister said that there could not be any compromise on national security on Jammu and Kashmir. “The Home Minister was in Kashmir for two days. The Government expects constructive support from all Opposition parties on this”. I have full sympathies with their families. “We are committed to providing good health care to the injured and also towards restoring peace in the Valley so that people could live their normal lives.” he said in his concluding remarks. Briefing media persons about the outcome of the all-party meeting here, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “Jammu Kashmir government will first prepare the ground and then only the Centre will decide about sending the all-party delegation in the affected areas of the state to bring normalcy”.
Rajnath Singh said the Centre would soon finalise the details of financial package of Rs 80,000 crores to the development of the State.
Invoking former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee again, Modi said his Government would follow the path shown by him – to hold dialogue under the framework of “insaniyat (humanity), jamhuriyat (democracy) and Kashmiriyat”. Replying to volley of questions, Jailtey said implications of pellet guns would be decided after the expert committee’s evaluation.
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Numerous young men who came out onto the streets in the wake of Wani’s death threw stones at security forces, an increasingly common form of protest in India’s only Muslim-majority state. “There will be no lowering of guard as far as security is concerned”, said Jaitley.
