Send all-party team to Valley, allies tell PM Modi

WATCH VIDEO: Kashmir Protests Victim: 5-Year Old Zohra On How She Got Hit

“He said the government has nothing to hide and it will take everybody into confidence,” said Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who attended the meeting.

[related-post]

Apart from Raut, SAD’s Naresh Gujral, PDP MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Conrad Kongkal Sangma of the National People’s Party also pressed for an all-party delegation to be sent to the state.

Raut said he also asked the Prime Minister to hold “chai pe charcha” with the people of Kashmir.

WATCH VIDEO: Kashmir Protests: Visuals Of Curfew In the State

Ahead of the NDA meeting, the PM also spoke to BJP leaders at the party’s parliamentary party executive meeting, in which he asked the party to evolve consensus on the GST Bill.

I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters that Modi explained to NDA leaders the importance of the GST Bill and the need to pass it. “All parties (of NDA) are together on the GST Bill. The PM explained to them its importance and the need to pass it,” he said.

Watch Video: What’s making news