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Impressive : Foreign envoys after visiting Jammu and Kashmir
Sun Online Desk
18th February, 2021 08:45:33
On the first day of their visit to Jammu and Kashmir, a group of foreign envoys interacted with elected representatives of all political parties on Wednesday. Speaking about the District Development Council (DDC) polls held last year, Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu said that all the agreed that there were free and fair elections, ANI reported. Free and fair elections are the biggest attestation to the empowerment of democracy, the news agency reported Mattu as saying.
The group of envoys including those from several Europe Union countries are in the union territory to take first-hand account of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and government s efforts to restore normalcy.
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A file photo of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. | PTI
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday took a swipe at the foreign envoys who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the ground situation in the Union Territory post the revocation of its special status under Article 370.
“Thank you for visiting Kashmir,” Abdullah said in a tweet. “Now please send some real tourists from your countries to visit J&K.”
The National Conference leader had on Wednesday also raised questions about the purpose of the visit, as diplomats from 24 countries landed in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the visit will be pointless as the diplomats will meet only “only hand-picked” individuals.