Srinagar: The Congress party’s policy and planning group on Jammu and Kashmir headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday began a two-day Jammu tour.
“The aim of the visit is to read the pulse of people and take the time to check in with the stakeholders and find out how they are feeling about the issues confronting the state,” said the J&K PCC chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir.
The other members of the group are former J&K chief minister and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, senior party leader Dr Karan Singh, former finance minister P. Chidambaram and the AICC general secretary Ambika Soni. The group has on it also some senior party functionaries, including ministers representing all the three regions of the state — Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
Mr Azad said that the group wants to meet different sections of the society to know their viewpoints. “We’re going to talk to anybody and everybody who wishes to share his or her views on the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
However, the group will hold talks with the “stakeholders” in different phases.
