Jammu: The BJP on Saturday said it is confident that all the Jammu and Kashmir leaders invited to a meeting with the prime minister in Delhi to discuss the future course of action for the union territory will attend the “important” deliberation.
BJP Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina, who is among the invitees, said the meeting convened by the prime minister is in accordance with the wishes of heads of various political parties who have been seeking time from him and demanding such a meeting for a long time.
“The leaders of all political parties of J&K are meeting the prime minister in Delhi on June 24 and I have also received an invitation from the Prime Minister’s Office. All parties meeting are being convened in special circumstances and there was also a demand from various political parties for such a meeting with regard to J&K,” Raina told PTI.
He thanked the prime minister for convening such a meeting after starting a new phase of development in the union territory by strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions and giving rights to various sections of the society, including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees, West Pakistani refugees, Gujjars and Bakerwals and women, by abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to the erstwhile state, in August 2019.