Opposition leaders lead by Rahul Gandhi to visit J&K today

Team Udayavani, Aug 24, 2019, 11:33 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and leaders from various opposition parties will visit Jammu and Kashmir today after the central government withdrew special status under Article 370 and split the state into two Union Territories earlier this month.

As per the sources, the opposition all-party delegation that will land at Srinagar are Congress, CPI-M, CPI, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nationalist Congress Party, Trinamool Congress and the DMK.

Top Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma along with Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit Kashmir where restrictions have been imposed since the abrogation of Article 370.

Mr Azad who tired to visit the state was twice stopped at Jammu airport and was “forcibly” sent back to Delhi on each occasion.

CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury, CPI’s D Raja, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, RJD’s Manoj Jha and Dinesh Trivedi from Trinamool Congress will also be part of the delegation, the PTI report adds.

The report says the leaders also intend to visit some other parts of the state, if allowed to enter. So far, the government has not allowed any political leader to enter the state.