Rajnath Singh to visit JK to review conditional ceasefire in Ramzan, meet those affected by cross border firing

New Delhi, June 5: In a bid to review the conditional ceasefire in Ramzan and meet those affected by ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will begin his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on June 7. Notably, this will be the second high-level visit to the state after the announcement of unilateral ceasefire by the Central government from May 16.

 

During his two day visit to Kashmir, Rajnath Singh will visit to the frontier district of Kupwara to review projects being undertaken as part of the Border Area Development Programme. He will also review the suspension of anti-terrorism operations with top police, paramilitary and central security agency officials.

The Home Minister will also discuss with the state government and security officials the possibility of extending the suspension of operations beyond Eid and during the period of the Amarnath Yatra, which will begin on June 28.

HM Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu and will take stock of the situation along the IB where over a dozen security personnel have been killed in firing by shameless Pakistani forces. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited all the three regions of the state including Ladakh, Srinagar and Jammu.

Interestingly, the visit of Rajnath Singh comes amidst an offer for talks with the Hurriyat Conference. However, the separatists has made it clear that it was ready for a dialogue only if there was clarity on the initiative and Jammu and Kashmir is declared disputed and a few other conditions are met.