Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is chairing a high-level meeting to take stock of the on-going
violence in Kashmir, the Prime Minister returned early this morning after
concluding his four-nation Africa tour aimed at enhancing ties with the
continent. Home Minister Rajnath Singh meanwhile, has cancelled his visit to
the United States in view of the on-going situation. He was to attend the
Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue.
The meeting is expected to be
attended by senior members of the cabinet including Home Minister Rajnath
Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar among others. National
Security Advisor Ajit Doval is also likely to attend the meeting.
On Monday, Home Minister Rajnath
Singh reached out to congress President Sonia Gandhi and former J&K
chief minister Omar Abdullah and discussed solutions to the on-going unrest.
Singh also held a meeting earlier in the day with senior officials of the Home
Ministry and security agencies and directed them to take measures to ensure
swift return of normalcy. An additional 800 CRPF personnel were rushed to
Kashmir as reinforcements for the 1,200 CRPF personnel sent earlier to assist
the state administration.
NSA Ajit Doval, who was with Prime
Minister Modi on his Africa trip, cut short his visit and returned to the
national capital on Monday, confident that solutions to the unrest will be
arrived at.
“If there are problems, there are
solutions. We are quite confident and competent of finding solutions,” Doval
said.
He attended a meeting chaired by
Singh and attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar and MoS in the PMO Jitendra Singh.
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