NC leaders hold talks ahead of meeting with PM Modi

National Conference leaders of Jammu region held a meeting at the residence of party president Farooq Abdullah ahead of an all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

Jammu: Ahead of the all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, National Conference leaders of Jammu region held a meeting at the residence of party president Farooq Abdullah. The meeting is the first such exercise since the Central government announced the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and its bifurcation into union territories in August 2019.

Invitees include former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehboba Mufti, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Farooq Abdullah. Fourteen leaders including Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tara Chand and GA Mir; NC's Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah; PDP's Mehbooba Mufti, J-K Apni Party's Altaf Bukhari; BJP's Ravinder Raina, Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta; CPI(M)'s M Y Tarigami, and National Panthers Party's Prof Bheem Singh; Peoples Conference's Sajad Gani Lone were approached by Ajay Bhalla, Home Secretary, as per reports.

Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Lt Governor Manoj Sinha would also attend the meeting, according to reports.

Sources said delimitation, statehood and assembly elections are believed to be the key issues to be discussed during the all-party meeting. Sources also said there is no fixed agenda set for the meeting, reports said.