Cong top body discusses Kashmir
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 09:17
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): The Congress Core Group on Friday met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence here to discuss the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting is learnt to have discussed the current unrest in the Valley that has claimed nearly 70 lives since mid-June.
Ways to restore peace and normalcy in the Valley was reportedly explored during the meet.
The government has been trying hard to bring the situation under control as stone-pelting mobs continued to clash with security personnel routinely. There has been relative calm in the Valley since the past two days due to Eid celebrations on Saturday.
Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi were present at the meeting, as were Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home minister P Chidambaram and party’s president’s political secretary Ahmed Patel.
Prithviraj Chavan, AICC in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, and senior party leaders from the state Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz also attended the meeting.
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