NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is here on her maiden visit after taking over the reins of the State, today dismissed the possibility of shifting National Institute of Technology (NIT) out of the Valley.
The 56-year-old Mehbooba, who assumed charge of the PDP-BJP government on April 4, called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here, a meeting she described as a “courtesy call”.
Emerging from the 45-minute meeting with Singh, Mehbooba said, “It is a courtesy call on the Home Minister after I took over as the Chief Minister”.
During the meeting, the two sides are believed to have discussed the present turmoil in the state due to clashes between outstation students and police besides law and order situation arising out of militancy.
Sources in the ministry said the Home Minister told Mehbooba that normalcy should be restored at the earliest. (AGENCIES)
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