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After Meeting With NSA Doval And PM Modi, Panel Of 28 European Parliamentarians To Visit Kashmir Tomorrow
Swarajya Staff
Oct 28, 2019, 02:29 PM | Updated 02:28 PM IST
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28 members of the European Parliament are set to visit the Kashmir Valley on 29 October, just two days before the erstwhile state will formally turn into a Union Territory with a due legislature of its own, reports India Today.
The parliamentary panel of the European Parliament which is presently in India on a visit met with Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and were briefed by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval about the ground situation in the Valley.
The visit of the European parliamentarians would mark the first-ever visit by leaders and parliamentarians of foreign nations to the Kashmir Valley since the abrogation of the contentious Article 370 of the Indian constitution on 5-6 August.
The decision of the Government of India to facilitate and permit the visit of the European parliamentarians to the Valley also comes as a testament of the timely return of the normalcy in the Valley where major communications and mobility restrictions had been imposed until a few days ago.
It should be noted that internet connectivity remains cut down in the valley, while postpaid mobile communications have been restored to ease the distress among the masses.
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