Excelsior Correspondent
New Delhi, Oct 5: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the situation in the State in wake of mounting tensions between India and Pakistan and repeated ceasefire violations by the latter along the LoC and International Border.
The meeting lasted for nearly an hour during which the Chief Minister apprised the Prime Minister of the law and order situation gripped by unrest after the killing of Burhan Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen commander, on July 8, official sources said.
The Chief Minister also discussed with the Prime Minister the ongoing developmental projects in the State and thanked him for continued support for the uplift of the people of the troubled State, the sources said.
Mehbooba met the Prime Minister for the first time after Indian Army carried out surgical strikes across the LoC and destroyed seven terrorist launch pads in PoK.
Mehbooba, who is in the national capital since yesterday, also informed him about the steps taken by her Government for evacuating people from the border villages to safer places in view of the escalation of tension between the two countries.
Pakistan has been repeatedly violating the ceasefire, using mortars and small arms, resulting in injuries to five civilians and some defence personnel.
In the meeting which lasted for nearly an hour, the Chief Minister discussed with the Prime Minister the law and order situation and the situation along the borders in view of the escalation of tensions in the region.
Mehbooba urged the Prime Minister to reach out to the people of Jammu and Kashmir with tangible confidence building measures to address their political, economic and developmental concerns.
“The people in Kashmir have gone through enormous agony and pain and the time has come to reach out to them and apply a balm to their wounds through ample initiatives at political, economic and developmental levels,” the Chief Minister told the Prime Minister.
Mehbooba said she urged the Prime Minister to view the current situation in the state as an opportunity and start a dialogue process with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“I hope that the Prime Minister, who has received such a big mandate, takes this situation as an opportunity and reaches out to the people of Jammu and Kashmir by starting a productive dialogue process to end the miseries of the people in the State,” she said.
While expressing grave concern over the prevailing situation along the borders, Mehbooba called for de-escalation of the tension as, according to her, people in Jammu and Kashmir have been the worst sufferers of the hostility and confrontation in the region.
“Today also hundreds of families have to migrate from the border areas of the State and they suffer immense hardships because of the prevailing tense situation in the region,” she said and stressed the need for reviving the peace and reconciliation process in the region.
The Chief Minister also discussed the overall developmental scenario in the State and the measures being taken to expedite the implementation of projects under Rs 80,000 crore Prime Minister’s Developmental Programme.
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