KNZ NEWS DESK
Srinagar 03 Sep: Unio Home Minister Rajnath Singh is all set to open fresh dialogue with all organizations of Jammu and Kashmir, without any conditions, during his three-day visit to the State, most likely from September 9 to 11.
This will be the Union Home Minister’s first visit to the border State this year. He had visited J&K couple of times last year including as head of the All Party Delegation (APD) in September 2016 during which he had met number of organizations like political parties, social groups and individuals except separatists and Hurriyat Conference leaders though some individuals in the APD had gone to meet the separatists in the Valley.
Sources told that Rajnath would visit all three regions of the State including Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh during his three-day visit to the State giving at least a day each to one region to ensure that no region feels discriminated.
While the APD had last year visited Kashmir and Jammu only, Rajnath had later paid two-day exclusive visit to Leh and Kargil.
“The Union Home Minister wants to assess the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the launch of ‘Operation All Out’ against militants in which number of top ultras including their commanders have been eliminated and NIA raids in which 10 separatists and businessmen have been arrested in connection with terror funding and Hawala operations,” sources said, adding that he would take the view point of political parties and various other organizations including those connected with social, trade, religious etc on more steps required to be taken by the Centre to restore complete normalcy in the Valley.
Rajnath’s visit, according to sources, would be follow-up of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s August 15 statement that Kashmir problem will be solved not through ‘goli’ (bullet) or ‘gaali’ (abuses) but by embracing the people of Kashmir.
