National Security Advisor Ajit Doval chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi to discuss issues concerning Kashmir, including the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra and pending Assembly election, officials said.
The meeting was attended by Vijay Kumar, Advisor to theJammu and Kashmir Governor, State Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat, Director General of CRPF RR Bhatnagar and Director Generalof Police Dilbag Singh, they said.
This is the first meeting of Doval on Kashmir after assumingthe charge of National Security Advisor for a second term on June 2.
During the meeting, the prevailing security situation inKashmir was reviewed, especially in view of the annual Amarnath Yatra whichbegins on July 1 this year.
The meeting comes days after the Election Commission made anannouncement that polls to the state Assembly will be held after the AmarnathYatra.
In a statement, the poll panel had said it unanimouslydecided that “holding of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir shall beconsidered later in this year”.Jammu and Kashmir does not have an electeddispensation since the PDP-BJP coalition government fell in June 2018.