At least 20 BJP workers have been killed since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Most BJP leaders in the Kashmir Valley have been designated as ‘protected persons’ and are kept in safe houses and hotels.
The MoU was signed between Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and Sabarmati River Front Development Corporation Ltd (SRFDCL).
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav today met PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to condole the death of her father and also discussed government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party will be meeting on Friday to deciding on extending support to Mehbooba Mufti as next Chief Minister.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had himself hinted during a press conference in Jammu in November that he would like to hand over the reins to his daughter Mehbooba Mufti.
Asserting the fact that more employment needs to be generated in J&K, Modi said that the youth in the state have done well in the recent years.
Sayeed expressed grave concern over incidents of mob lynching saying people cannot be allowed to take law into their own hands.
The new industrial policy is aimed to boost and revive the industry in the state and to encourage new investment in industries and facilitate new entrepreneurs, besides generation of employment avenues.
Ahead of the Parliament session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached out to parties appealing them not to come in the way of prosperity of farmers, saying the deadlock over the land acquisition Bill is seriously impacting rural development.
While all Congress chief ministers remained absent from the meeting, it was attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, among others.
Staying together means both PDP and BJP need to understand each other's political sensitivities and act to reintegrate the state emotionally and economically with the rest of India. Both need to acknowledge their conflicting motives and reasons for being in this difficult alliance
Modi made the revelation while intervening in the discussion on Alam's release which saw the opposition unitedly targeting the Centre for what it called was an "anti-national" decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government.
On questions by some members whether BJP will pull out of the coalition government over the issue, Modi said the government will run only on the basis of Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
Both parties have ironed out a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) for Jammu and Kashmir. However, it needs to be seen if both the parties will be able to sell the alliance to their respective constituencies as 'a win-win deal'.