Srinagar: Home minister
Rajnath Singh is holding a second high level meeting of the day on the
situation in Jammu and Kashmir -- where 23 people have died in violent
protests since the death of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on
Friday. The meeting is being attended by senior security officials,
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Union minister Arun Jaitley,
sources said.
Rajnath Singh telephoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, discussing with them the ground situation in the state and the government's response.
Congress sources said the party has decided to downplay the criticism of the government over the Jammu and Kashmir situation especially after the home minister explained some strategic details of the operation that killed terrorist Burhan Wani. In a statement Sonia Gandhi said, "There can be no compromise on matters relating to National Security...Terrorism must be dealt with firmly."
She also expressed "deep anguish at the loss of innocent lives in the senseless violence in parts of J&K in the past few days," and said "the death of so many of our citizens and attack on security forces is very painful."
Omar Abdullah tweeted that the home minister had spoken to him and said his party "will play whatever role is required to help normalise the situation." The onus to ensure that lay on the state and central government he said.
"I told him that until security forces exercise maximum restraint & stop killing protesters... this vicious cycle of violence would not stop. Only after the lethal use of force ends can we begin to pull the valley back from the abyss.." Mr Abdullah tweeted.
source:-NDTV
View More:-U.P.,Punjab Database
Rajnath Singh telephoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, discussing with them the ground situation in the state and the government's response.
Congress sources said the party has decided to downplay the criticism of the government over the Jammu and Kashmir situation especially after the home minister explained some strategic details of the operation that killed terrorist Burhan Wani. In a statement Sonia Gandhi said, "There can be no compromise on matters relating to National Security...Terrorism must be dealt with firmly."
She also expressed "deep anguish at the loss of innocent lives in the senseless violence in parts of J&K in the past few days," and said "the death of so many of our citizens and attack on security forces is very painful."
Omar Abdullah tweeted that the home minister had spoken to him and said his party "will play whatever role is required to help normalise the situation." The onus to ensure that lay on the state and central government he said.
"I told him that until security forces exercise maximum restraint & stop killing protesters... this vicious cycle of violence would not stop. Only after the lethal use of force ends can we begin to pull the valley back from the abyss.." Mr Abdullah tweeted.
source:-NDTV
View More:-U.P.,Punjab Database
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