Rajnath Singh in Kashmir on 2-day visit
posted on Jul 23, 2016 @ 4:16PM
Home Minister Rajnath Singh is on a 2 day visit to the violence hit kashmir valley. He is accompanied by the Directors General (DGs) of paramilitary, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Besides Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and senior officials, he has meetings acheduled with J&K civilsociety groups, including NGOs, rights activists as well as delegations of Kashmiri Pandits. Also a separate interaction with media groups will be held.
The PDP leadership is positive regarding the Home Minister’s visit. “Meetings of civil society members and trade bodies have been fixed with the Union Minister. We hope these will have a positive outcome,’’ said a PDP leader. The centre has already sent over 3,000 paramilitary troops to the state to assist the state government restore peace in the trouble-torn valley. 45 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured in over two weeks of clashes between demonstrators and security forces amid protests.