Preparations For Meeting With Political Parties Of J&K

Preparations for meeting with political parties of Jammu and Kashmir, the process of calling started, phone reached Mehbooba.

The central government is likely to hold a meeting with all the mainstream political parties of the state on June 24 to take forward the political process in Jammu and Kashmir and create an atmosphere for the assembly elections.

The process of inviting leaders of other parties including PDP President Mehbooba Mufti to attend the meeting has also been started.

After the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act on August 5, 2019, this will be the first meeting of the central government with all parties in Jammu and Kashmir to be held together.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to participate in the proposed meeting. Apart from this, many other Union ministers including Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also be present in the meeting.

Highly placed sources in Delhi said that the Central Government has contacted National Conference (NC) President Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti.

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party Chairman Altaf Bukhari, People’s Conference Chairman Sajjad Gani Lone.

Apart from this, the process of inviting the leaders of the State Congress, BJP and CPI(M) in Jammu and Kashmir for the proposed meeting has also been started.

It is noteworthy that NC President and former CM Dr. Farooq Abdullah while talking to reporters in Srinagar in the past, indicated the possibility of talks with the Central Government and said that he has kept all options open.

If the central government calls for talks to normalize the situation in Kashmir, then they will definitely go.

After this all the constituents of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) had a meeting at the residence of PDP President Mehbooba Mufti. Farooq Abdullah was also present in this.

Parties like NC, PDP, People’s Conference, CPI(M), People’s Conference, and Awami National Conference have been opposing the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act from day one.

These parties demand the restoration of the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir before August 5, 2019, and restoration of full statehood of Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.

Mehbooba said – I will discuss with senior leaders:

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, while confirming the invitation received from the central government for the meeting late on Friday night, said that a call has come.

I have not yet taken any final decision on the issue of attending the meeting. I will first discuss the matter with the senior leaders of my party. After that, I will inform everyone about my decision.

If the message of the meeting comes, then they will definitely attend:

PAGD spokesperson and convener CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said on the question regarding the ongoing discussion regarding the meeting with the central government that no signal or message has come from Delhi yet.

If this meeting is held, we will definitely attend it. We welcome any meeting and process to normalize the situation here. The conversation is necessary.

Preparations for meeting: Our problems will be solved only in Delhi.

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party Chairman Altaf Bukhari said that we are in favor of talks from the very beginning.

Whenever, wherever there is a meeting regarding Kashmir, our side will be proved right.

We have been saying continuously since March 2020 that the only way to grant statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and to fully restore democracy in Jammu and Kashmir is through dialogue with all stakeholders.

I would like to tell everyone that all our problems will be solved only in Delhi. We don’t need to look at anyone except Delhi.

Preparations for meeting: The Central Government wants to constitute the Legislative Assembly.

Sources said that the Central Government wants to constitute the Legislative Assembly by taking the political process forward in Jammu and Kashmir soon.

Therefore, the Delimitation Commission, constituted last year under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Ranjana Desai, has been asked to complete the process of delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.

This commission is also going to visit Jammu and Kashmir in a few days.