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| J&K CM makes his presence felt | | Immediate troop withdrawal in Kashmir is ruled out | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, Apr 24:
The government of India on Tuesday sent out a significant signal on the future of troops in Jammu and Kashmir. Indeed, the Prime Minister himself clearly suggested that his government has no immediate plans to effect major changes in the present deployment of troops in the State.
While inaugurating the third roundtable conference on Kashmir in New Delhi,Manmohan Singh made use of diplomatic language in support of the presence of troops in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister, in fact, linked their deployment pattern to the extent of terrorism. In other words, the Union government has supported the assessment of the J&K Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, that as terrorist outfits had not yet closed their 'shops', the question of reducing or withdrawing troops from Jammu and Kashmir did not merit immediate attention.
Ahead of the conference, Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, on April 23, chaired a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister to finalise the agenda. It was attended by National Security Advisor, M K Narayanan and senior officials... | |
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| Separatist groups boycott Kashmir talks | | Union government for new beginning in J&K: PM | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI | APR 24
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's personal vision for the State of Jammu and Kashmir is "peace, prosperity and people's empowerment". Disclosing this in his opening remarks at the third Kashmir roundtable that began here on Tuesday, Manmohan Singh reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir continued to remain at the top of his government's agenda.
Representatives of all major political parties, including the regional and ethnic groups, prominent citizens and intellectuals, were part of the conference, which is taking place exactly a year after the last one. The roundtable will focus on the recommendations of the four working groups, which were con... | |
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