BJP meets Kashmir Governor over situation

IANS  |  Jammu 

General Secretary Ram Madhav on Friday called on Governor N.N. Vohra and discussed the situation in the Valley, official sources said.

This followed a meeting of BJP-PDP leaders on the subject amid differences between the two allies on how to tackle widespread street protests in the troubled valley.

Madhav, the point man on affairs, earlier met Peoples Democratic Party leaders including Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu.

The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha by-election of April 9 when security forces shot dead eight protesters.

A re-poll on April 13 also saw violence including the killing of a youth in Srinagar.

leader Avinash Rai Khanna and state chief Sat Sharma were present at the BJP-PDP meeting.

--IANS

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BJP meets Kashmir Governor over situation

BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav on Friday called on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra and discussed the situation in the Valley, official sources said.

General Secretary Ram Madhav on Friday called on Governor N.N. Vohra and discussed the situation in the Valley, official sources said.

This followed a meeting of BJP-PDP leaders on the subject amid differences between the two allies on how to tackle widespread street protests in the troubled valley.

Madhav, the point man on affairs, earlier met Peoples Democratic Party leaders including Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu.

The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha by-election of April 9 when security forces shot dead eight protesters.

A re-poll on April 13 also saw violence including the killing of a youth in Srinagar.

leader Avinash Rai Khanna and state chief Sat Sharma were present at the BJP-PDP meeting.

--IANS

sq-ruwa/mr

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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