New Delhi | Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday met a delegation of about 100 people from Jammu and Kashmir in the North block.
Twenty-two village heads (sarpanch) from Kashmir, who contested the panchayat elections, met Shah and other top officials of the Home Ministry.
The delegation consisted of people from Jammu, Srinagar, Pulwama and Ladakh.
This is the first meeting of the J&K people after the revocation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 and division of the state into two Union Territories.
Though the details of the meeting have not been shared by the Home Ministry, it is being seen as part of confidence-building measures by the government.
“Under Prime Minister Modi, Kashmir will flourish”, says Amit Shah
Amit Shah said that under PM Modi’s leadership, there would be new employment opportunities.
“Abrogation of Article 370 was seen as a big challenge which no one was ready to talk about. But Narendra Modi did it in one go. Kashmir was deprived of development. People of Kashmir were suffering from unemployment and poverty. But now, I am confident that under Modi’s leadership, new industries will come and tourism will also flourish, which would create employment opportunities.
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