People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday , 28 July, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare Jammu and Kashmir a peace zone and make it a model of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) cooperation by opening all routes across the Line of Control (LoC) and allowing every member country to invest in the region.
In a fiery speech at Sher-e-Kashmir Park in Srinagar on the occasion of the PDP's 23rd foundation day, she also said there was no other option than dialogue to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
Mehbooba said addressing the party workers,
“I request you (PM Modi) that J&K whose name you fear to take along with the name of Pakistan, there is a saying in English ‘catch the bull by the horns', make this J&K and the other J&K a model of SAARC cooperation."