PM not concerned about border residents: Cong's Soz

Srinagar | Saturday | 5th May, 2018

Summary:

SRINAGAR: Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi "hypes his achievements" through surgical strike but is "not concerned" about the miseries of people affected by cross-LoC shelling which have become "routine" since the September 2016 raids. She can give a definite message that a ceasefire should be declared forthwith, followed by a decisive dialogue," he added. "Yes, Kashmir is experiencing a heart-breaking cycle of killings and these killings should stop forthwith," he said.Soz said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should lead a delegation and take up this matter with the Prime Minister. "(It should be) followed by a decisive dialogue with the leadership in Kashmir, including the Hurriyat for resolving the political dispute, at the earliest," he said. "The first task, before the Chief Minister should be that before visiting Srinagar with the so-called Darbar-Move, she should travel to Delhi and speak to Prime Minister Modi that any more bloodshed in Kashmir is not acceptable to her..