Modi had a 75-minute-long meeting with a joint opposition delegation led by former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday.
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The National Conference working president said the they handed over a memorandum to the Prime Minister warning him against the “tried and tested formulations of dealing with the issue in Kashmir administratively rather than politically”.
The delegation also met Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury.
“There has to be a dialogue and we need to find a permanent and lasting solution to the problem within the framework of the Constitution”, he said.
Asking the Government to lift restrictions on senior separatist leaders including the likes of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Saleem Geelani and release detunes including JKLF Chairman Yaseen Malik Babu Singh said ” I have told governor that Mehbooba led coalition government has lost credibility and the right to govern.
Omar told reporters afterrequested the prime minister to find a political solution to the Kashmir issue so that a lasting peace was ensured in the state as well as in the country.
“The government and the nation stand with the state of Jammu and Kashmir”, the prime minister said, and suggested that all political parties should reach out to the people and convey the same.
Making an appeal for restoration of normalcy in the Valley where unrest entered 45th day, Mr Modi emphasised that there has to be dialogue.
The ongoing trouble in Kashmir should be “dealt with politically” and everything can not be managed within judicial parameters, Supreme Court said today.
Kashmir has been witnessing unrest since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
She said her party will carry forward its agenda of political resolution, economic empowerment, good governance and employment generation and convert Jammu and Kashmir into a real welfare state.
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The State Department’s statement came days after India rejected Pakistan’s proposal to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir and asserted that it would like to discuss aspects related to cross-border terrorism which are central to the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
