The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will review the situation in Kashmir Valley this evening and discuss ways to restore normalcy with the leaders of political parties of Jammu and Kashmir. Restoration of dialogue with all shades of opinion will be high on the agenda of the meeting. The Centre has already made it clear that winning the hearts and minds of people and delivering on the promises made by the government has to be put on the priority to win the confidence of people .However government is clear that the cycle of violence must end.The meeting comes in the wake of an all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar on 11th of last month. The State's leaders are likely to seek the Prime Minister's intervention in solving the problems faced by the people. AIR correspondent quoting official sources reports that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and union Minister Farooq Abdullah, state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz and Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party chief Ashok Khajuria, J&K National Panther's Party Chief Bhim Singh and legislator Harshdev Singh and Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA Muhammed Yusuf Tarigami are among the leaders expected to attend the meet. However, the main opposition party – People's Democratic Party (PDP)- led by Ms. Mehbooba Mufti has said it would not attend the meet. The PDP had boycotted the July 11 Srinagar meet also, saying a meeting led by Omar Abdullah would serve no purpose.The Centre is likely to be represented in the meeting besides the prime minister by Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon.
News On AIR | August 10, 2010 5:31 PM
PM to review Kashmir situation and discuss ways to restore normalcy