Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah (centre) talking to reporters after a delegation of all opposition parties from the state called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: PTINew Delhi: A joint delegation of opposition parties led by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the ground situation with an appeal to adopt a political approach in dealing with the unrest in the valley. Besides Abdullah, the delegation—comprising a seven-member team of state Congress led by its Pradesh Congress Committee chief G.A. Tarigami, eight-member team of main opposition National Conference including its provincial chiefs Nasir Wani and Davinder Rana—has been camping in the national capital and meeting political leaders from the government and opposition. The delegation said, “continued failure to address the unrest in Kashmir will further deepen the sense of alienation” and hoped that the prime minister “will take immediate measures to address this grave situation.”

Source: Mint August 22, 2016 05:48 UTC