Srinagar: The civil society delegation led by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, which is interacting with stakeholders in Kashmir to find ways of ending the nearly four-month-long impasse, today called on traders’ body Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here.
The delegation, which arrived in Kashmir and held meetings with separatist leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Shabir Shah yesterday, met KCCI representatives at its office at Residency Road here.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Sinha said the delegation was in the Valley to understand the pain of the people and to share that pain.
“We said it yesterday as well that this group came here for humanity, to understand the pain of the people here and to associate ourselves with that.In this regard, we are trying to meet all the stakeholders here,” he said.
The former Union Minister said KCCI was an important stakeholder in the Valley and the delegation had good talks with them.
“We feel the KCCI is an old organisation and an important stakeholder, so we had requested them for the meeting.They gave us time, placed their viewpoint in front of us and we placed ours. We had good talks and they happened in a good atmosphere,” Sinha said.
He said, “I am in a position to say today that by the response we are getting, we feel that we can share their pain.
After this, we will talk”.
When asked what was next on their agenda, he said, “We are here tomorrow as well….we can go back 2000 years and say that 2000 years back there was pain like this.We will take care of what has happened in the past but we will look forward”. .
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