Fourteen political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir have been invited to a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 24 June, officials were quoted as saying by news agency PTI on Saturday, 19 June.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla called up the leaders to invite them for the meeting. Among those who have been invited include former chief ministers of the erstwhile state – National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The others invited include Congress' Tara Chand and GA Mir, CPI(M)'s Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami, People's Conference leaders Sajjad Lone and Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari, Panthers Party's Bhim Singh, and BJP leaders Nirmal Singh, Kavinder Gupta and Ravinder Raina.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also expected to be present during the meeting.