Pulwama,
\nThe Central government\u2019s special representative to Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, visited the volatile Pulwama district on Sunday where he reached out to youth booked for stone-throwing in the restive south Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to sources, a 100-strong group of youth booked for stone-throwing met Sharma and apprised him of the \u201cground realities\u201d. \u201cWe apprised him of the ground realities and the problems we have been facing,\u201d a member of the delegation told The Tribune on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
The delegation member said Sharma listened to them and promised that their cases would be looked into and dealt with accordingly.<\/p>\n
Sharma\u2019s meeting with the youth, which comes amidst amnesty offered to first-time offenders, is being seen as a significant development vis-\u00e0-vis his public outreach.<\/p>\n
The visit to Pulwama district, which is the epicentre of new-generation militancy and one of the most volatile districts of south Kashmir, was the first stop in Sharma\u2019s second visit to Kashmir.<\/p>\n
The choice of Sharma\u2019s first stop in Kashmir assumes importance as it has sent a strong message that he intends to talk and walk difficult choices. Sharma was appointed as New Delhi\u2019s special representative for initiating sustained dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
On his second tour of the state, Sharma is scheduled to visit south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
His Pulwama visit unfolded amid unprecedented security measures as Sharma arrived at Government Circuit House in the district, where about a dozen delegations from different walks awaited him.<\/p>\n
The delegations which met Sharma comprised students, unemployed youth, Gujjar-Bakerwal youth, saffron growers of Pampore town, and members of the Youth National Conference, Handicrafts Pulwama, Kakapora Development Society, Department of Horticulture (Litter Zone), and Civil Society, Pulwama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pulwama, The Central government\u2019s special representative to Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, visited the volatile Pulwama district on Sunday where he reached out to youth booked for stone-throwing in the restive south Kashmir. According to sources, a 100-strong group of youth booked for stone-throwing met Sharma and apprised him of the \u201cground realities\u201d. \u201cWe apprised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11314,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11312\/revisions\/11314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}