Centre must work towards restoring democracy: Mir

Jammu, June 26

The Centre must follow-up on the positive outcomes of the recent all-party meeting in Delhi for early restoration of democracy in J&K, Congress leader GA Mir said on Saturday.

Mir, who is the president of the Congress’ J&K unit, was among 14 leaders of eight different parties from the UT who attended the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24.

Mir said the political parties responded to the call of the PM and this was a positive indication for the way forward. “Now, it is for the PM to respond to this gesture. The ball is in the court of the Centre to follow-up the positive outcome of the meeting and create a conducive atmosphere for the early restoration of democracy in J&K,” he said.

Among the 14 politicians, who had met the PM, were ex-CMs Mehbooba Mufti (PDP), Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah of the National Conference, and Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress. — PTI