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Jammu: Leaders of opposition parties will meet here on Tuesday to discuss the emerging situation in Jammu and Kashmir and evolve a common strategy to counter its “anti-people” policies, CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami said.
The meeting of the opposition leaders under the leadership of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah is scheduled to take place at a hotel in Jammu on Tuesday afternoon. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will attend the meeting. “The opposition parties are coming together at the national level. So, it is time for us as well to sit and understand each other, discuss the emerging situation (in Jammu and Kashmir) and find a commonality in our approach to counter the policies which are being forced on us without our consent,” Tarigami told PTI.
He said all the parties, invited to the meeting, have confirmed their participation.
A PDP leader said party president Mehbooba Mufti is reaching Jammu on Tuesday to attend the meeting.
The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit president Vikar Rasool Wani said the opposition leaders would sit together in the larger interest of the public.