PC to make statement on Kashmir

Aug 04, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

Home minister P. Chidambharam will make a statement in the Parliament on the situation in the Kashmir valley on Wednesday. While the Centre is weighing various options on how to restore normalcy in the Valley which has been under the grip of tension for the last five days, the Left MPs urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send a delegation of parliamentarians to assess the situation.

Mr Chidambaram will make a statement in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the troubled situation in Kashmir, government sources said on Tuesday.
A group of Left MPs has written to Prime Minister requesting him to send a delegation of parliamentarians to assess the situation in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir.
The letter said the situation is deteriorating in the state and the violence is escalating.
“There is a deep sense of alienation among the people. There is a need for sending a parliamentary delegation to Kashmir and assess the situation there,” the letter said.
The group of MPs included leader of CPI(M) in the Lok Sabha Basudeb Acharia, Mr Mahendra Kumar Roy, Saidul Haque, Mr Anup Kumar Saha, Mr K.N. Balagopal, Mr T.N. Seema, Mr A. Sampath and Mr M.B. Rajesh (all CPI-M), among others.
A delegation of Congress leaders from Jammu and Kashmir consisting of Chaudhary Lal Singh, MP, few legislators and party workers met the PM during the day and apprised him the ground situation.

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