Cabinet meets on Kashmir issue ahead of Parliament


New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS): Amid an unprecedented lockdown and flaring tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, as uncertainty looms large over a build-up of troops in the valley, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met on Monday for over nearly an hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met at the PM's residence.

Their meeting was preceeded by another metting that started an hour earlier in which Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was also present.

The CCS meeting that included Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lasted for 40 minutes.

It concluded before the Union Cabinet met that included Nitin Gadkari. Sources said that the committee discussed issues of internal security in the Valley.

The meeting comes after political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir including former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference chairman Sajad Lone, were placed under house arrest as strict restrictions were imposed in the Kashmir Valley from early Monday morning.

The state administration has also imposed Section 144 in Srinagar, as well as in Jammu, while mobile Internet services have also been suspended.

Shah is expected to speak in both Houses of Parliament as Congress MPs Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni and Bhubaneswar Kalita submitted adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

  

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  • Sanjeev Kamath, Udupi / Seattle

    Mon, Aug 05 2019

    Removal of Article 370 proposed. J & K would be a Union Territory with legislature.
    That solves all the problems.

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Mon, Aug 05 2019

    Final decision on J & K, what final decision? Is it not a part of India? It is already an integral part of India. But we have Pak occupied kashmir and further, we have article 370.

    Article 370 was bought to retain the confidence of Kashmir's towards India. Any change at this stage may create bigger rift between Kashmiri's, with Pak supporting terror. So, it could turn out as making Kashmiri's more against Indian Govt.,

    On the other side, Pak Occupied Kashmir, if there is any Military Action, it will be war. Like it or not, it will be final world war. There will be many countries dragged into as both sides have their own friends and enemies.

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  • melwyn m, shirva

    Mon, Aug 05 2019

    Please take a final decision on Jammu and Kashmir. All these 70 years we heard only J&K is integral part of India. Now the time has come to show the whole world that J&K is one of normal state of India as compare to remining states. Please go ahead we are with you. How long we can spend tax payer money for special status of J&K. Wish you all the best.

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