KL Report
SRINAGAR
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday stated that he is not a part of security meeting being held during Prime Minister Modi’s JK visit and that he has no scheduled meeting with the PM in the state.
“I have no idea, because I am not a part of that meeting. I have no scheduled meeting with the PM during this visit. I met him in Delhi a few weeks ago and discussed issues regarding the State then,” said Omar during an interview with a New Delhi based newspaper. According to reports, the criticism about that project from the Hurriyat over bringing Pandits back to live in segregated colonies, Omar stated that this is the double speak from the separatist leadership here. “We are encouraging Kashmiri Pandits to return. We are saying you are welcome to consider group housing. 4-5-6 of you get together and get a plot of land. Why should we have a problem with a group housing project that blends in with the community in the place you choose to live in? I see no problem with that. The idea is not to put Pandits into ghettos. The idea is to get them to assimilate back into the community they left at one point of time.”
Commenting over Modi’s visit to the state, Omar stated that the same is significant, given that it is so early in Modi’s tenure. “Also the fact that he is combining visits to Jammu with the Kashmir is also to be noted because in the past we have had either or visits. It is an opportunity created for him by the previous government, because both the projects he is inaugurating were actually ready for the previous government, but for reasons best known to them and in spite of our concerted efforts we couldn’t get anyone from the previous government to inaugurate these projects.” (KNS)
