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Progress, trust key Kashmir goals: PM Modi to panchayat chiefs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to address Kashmir’s problems with a humanitarian approach, adding that development and trust were the twin goals of his government in the troubled state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to address Kashmir’s problems with a humanitarian approach, adding that development and trust were the twin goals of his government in the troubled state.
PM Modi was meeting with a 30-member delegation of the All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference, a body of panchayat leaders representing 4,000 villages of the state, where he made the comments. The delegation was led by Shafiq Mir, chairman of the organisation.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said Modi stressed a “humanitarian approach and said that vikas (development) and vishwas (trust) will remain the cornerstones of the Union government’s development initiatives for the state of Jammu and Kashmir”.
The delegation briefed the Prime Minister on the current political situation in the state. The body, which represents people at the grassroots-level in Jammu and Kashmir, reiterated its faith in the democratic institutions and processes in the country, the statement said.
Mir said a vast majority of the people of the state wanted a life of peace and dignity and that “vested interests have exploited youngsters and are playing with their future,” the PMO stated.
