New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was very much concerned over the situation in the valley and has assured her that the agenda of alliance between PDP and ruling BJP in the state would be implemented to bring an end to violence in the state.
Talking to reporters after meeting the Prime Minister here, Ms Mufti said that she had conveyed to the Prime Minister that the agenda on which her party went for an alliance with the BJP was not followed.‘’The Prime Minister assured me that the agenda will be implemented, and I hope that it would lead to peace in Kashmir,’’ she said.
Life remains crippled for 50th day in Kashmir; Army deployed in parts of Srinagar
Life remains crippled for the 50th day today due to curfew and restriction imposed by authorities and strike called by separatists against the killings of civilians in security force firing since July 9 in Kashmir, where with the death of one more youth in fresh clashes the toll has risen to 69.
Army has been deployed on roads leading to the headquarters of 15 Corps to foil any march by separatists.
Officials here today said strict day and night curfew remained in force in the entire district, Pampore and main town Pulwama, where a youth Shakeel Ahmed Ganie was killed and several others injured when security forces opened fire and burst teargas shells to disperse pro-freedom demonstrators in south Kashmir yesterday.(UNI)