14 J-K leaders attend PM Narendra Modi's 3.5-hour marathon all-party meet - In Pics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a high-profile all-party meeting with the political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir. The meet has held at Prime Minister's official residence in New Delhi. The meeting began at around 3 pm and lasted for almost 3.5 hours. It was attended by 14 prominent leaders from the Union Territory. Check pics here

This was the first high-level interaction between the Centre and political leadership mainly from Kashmir since August 5, 2019, when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated and the state was bifurcated into two union territories. 

The meeting was attended by 14 prominent leaders from the Union Territory and lasted for almost 3.5 hours. 

Among the leaders who are participated in the meeting were Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tara Chand and GA Mir, National Conference's Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, PDP's Mehbooba Mufti, J-K Apni Party's Altaf Bukhari, BJP's Ravinder Raina, Nirmal Singh, and Kavinder Gupta, CPI(M)'s M Y Tarigami, National Panthers Party's Prof Bheem Singh; and Peoples Conference's Sajad Gani Lone.

Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Home Secretary also attended the meeting.

PM Modi expressed satisfaction with the acceleration of development in Jammu & Kashmir and said that it is creating new hope and aspirations among the people, as per sources.