It may be a huge stand-off when Rahul Gandhi led opposition delegation reaches Kashmir to interact with people to take stock of the situation. And the visit has been opposed by the local administration citing security reasons but the team is set to be there on Saturday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and CPM leader Sitaram Yechury are part of an opposition delegation that is scheduled to visit Kashmir on Saturday.
The 12 member delegation, that will leave for Srinagar today, also includes AICC General secretary KC Venugopal, rebel JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav, DMK leader Tiruchi Shiva, NCP leader Majid Memon, CPI’s D Raja, All India Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi and Manoj Jha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, sources said.
The opposition delegation would be in the valley to assess the ground situation in wake of revocation of Article 370.
According to sources Gandhi will leave New Delhi at around noon. The opposition delegation to Kashmir follows recent invitation by Governor Satyapal Malik to Rahul to visit the valley to assess the ground situation there. However on Friday, J & K administration, citing security reasons, warned the opposition to not visit Kashmir .
(UNI)
