Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kashmir outreach today was welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir with PDP chief and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressing only dialogue can resolve problems.
NC leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, Prime Minister’s outreach has been very well received by people in the state though there was need for action. Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also joined the Kashmir-based parties in welcoming Mr Modi’s statement on Kashmir in his Independence Day speech.
In his speech, Mr Modi reached out to Kashmiris, asserting that Kashmir problem cannot be resolved by either bullets or by abuses and that a solution can be found by embracing them.