PM Modi held a 3-hour all party meeting with political leaders from J&K to discuss political discourse in the UT.
At the conclusion of the meeting, leaders from various parties emerged with statements about what they had said and the response they have got.
Here are the main takeaways from this hyped meeting.
- PM Modi, say sources, said statehood would be restored “at an appropriate time”
- Elections will be held soon after delimitation.
- Omar Abdullah, however, told reporters that “almost all leaders” were unhappy with delimitation only in Jammu and Kashmir. We told the PM delimitation is not needed,” said the former Chief Minister, adding that “trust has broken between the Centre and Kashmir”.
- “We will struggle for 370, be it months or years. We didn’t get this (special status) from Pakistan, but from India, Nehru. There can be no compromise on this,” Ms Mufti said after the meeting.
- Peoples Conference, J&K Apni party and Congress all said they didn’t raise Article 370 as it is sub-judice in court.
- At the meeting, it was also decided that the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha would set up a committee to review cases of political prisoners, be it those released – like the Abdullahs and Ms Mufti – and those still in detention.
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