PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti will not attend the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24.
Kashmir: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s multi-party meeting, sources revealed that PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti will not attend the meeting. According to the latest information, PDP will skip the meeting and Farooq Abdullah will represent the Gupkar alliance at the meeting.
The Mufti held a meeting with PDP leaders on Sunday afternoon and it was decided that the party would not participate in the discussion with the prime minister.
The PDP chief said on Saturday that she had yet to receive a formal invitation from the prime minister to attend the meeting.
“Yes, I have received a call but not a formal invitation yet. I am holding a Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting tomorrow to discuss it and decide whether or not to attend the meeting,” Mufti said. speaking to the ANI news agency.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with Interior Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh ahead of his multi-party meeting with the leaders of Jammu and Kashmir. This will be the PM’s first discussion with valley leaders after section 370 was repealed two years ago.
The high-level meeting which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi is expected to define the roadmap for holding assembly elections in the Union territory and a discussion on the reestablishment of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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