J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti meets
PM Modi
Mehbooba, who is under mounting attack in the
face of fresh spurt in violence in Kashmir, briefed Modi on the
prevailing situation in the state and the way forward.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and pressed for dialogue.
Mehbooba,
who is under mounting attack in the face of fresh spurt in violence in
Kashmir, briefed Modi on the prevailing situation in the state and the
way forward.
She told the prime minister that the Centre should seriously think about the welfare of the state.
"There is no option but to talk," Mehbooba said.
The
PDP and the BJP, which are running the coalition government in the
troubled state, are not on the same page on the issue of dealing with
the growing trend of stone-pelting and this has led to friction between
them.
A BJP minister Chander Prakash Ganga recently advocated strong action, saying "traitors and stone-pelters should be treated with
bullets".
This comment drew the ire of the PDP, which said there was a "conspiracy" to keep trouble brewing in the Valley
"Such
detestable remarks not only reflect the nauseous mentality of some
extremist politicians in the state, but also expose the larger design of
certain elements to provoke fresh trouble in Kashmir so that Kashmiris
are pushed into perpetual educational and economic dis-empowerment,"
senior PDP leader Peerzada Mansoor had said in a statement later.
Against
the backdrop of the strains, BJP's pointsman for Jammu and Kashmir Ram
Madhav on Friday last held a meeting with senior PDP leader Haseeb Drabu
in Jammu.
Madhav then met Ganga, who later expressed regret for his controversial comment
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