Manmohan to convene all-party meet on Jammu unrest
New Delhi (PTI): With violence in Jammu region refusing to die down, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be chairing an all-party meeting soon as the Centre on MOnday rushed two top bureaucrats to the state to assess the situation.
The Centre decided to rope in all the parties to find a national consensus to the problem that emerged over the land allocation to Sri Amarnath Shrine Borad, a body overlooking the conduct of pilgrimage to the Holy cave shrine.
The violence in Jammu region, which has started assuming a communal dimension, was reviewed at a high level meeting today which was chaired by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
Top leaders of all political parties will be invited to the meeting, which is most likely to be held on August 6, official sources said.
In the meeting, the Centre will brief the leaders of the political parties about the steps being taken by the Centre and would seek their cooperation in maintaining communal harmony in the state as well as in the country.
Apart from the national political parties, all regional parties, including National Conference and People's Democratic Party, will be invited to attend the meeting.
In the meantime, the Centre on Monday rushed Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Defence Secretary Vijay Singh to violence-hit Jammu after the state government sought Centre's intervention in smooth passage of goods-laden trucks through Punjab.
There were reports that some activists of BJP were stopping trucks, carrying essential supplies to the Kashmir valley, in Punjab, the sources said.