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The enemies of peace will not ever dictate our resolve. Jammu and Kashmir stands company, strong, and unafraid, the chief minister’s office talked about after a cabinet meeting was held in Pahalgam
Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday convened a selected cabinet meeting in Pahalgam, the town not too way back hit by a deadly terror assault, to ship a company message that the federal authorities just isn’t going to be cowed by acts of terror.
The meeting, held on the Pahalgam Club, was adopted by the chief minister’s office sharing pictures on X. Speaking at a press conference afterwards, Abdullah talked about the federal authorities was devoted to restoring tourism throughout the Union territory no matter present challenges, along with the aftermath of the India-Pakistan battle.
“We want the world to recognise tourism in Jammu and Kashmir as a key economic activity. While we must proceed with caution, we are determined to restart tourism in the valley. The past few weeks have been difficult for the country, but Jammu and Kashmir has suffered the most. Our government will determine the necessary steps to move forward, and I believe the Centre will support us,” he talked about.
The chief minister’s office echoed this sentiment on X, stating, “Chaired a Cabinet Meeting at Pahalgam today. It was not just a routine administrative exercise, but a clear message – we are not intimidated by cowardly acts of terror.”
“The enemies of peace will never dictate our resolve. Jammu and Kashmir stands firm, strong, and unafraid,” it added.
This cabinet meeting marked a main for Abdullah’s authorities, as a result of it was held exterior the usual summer season and winter capitals of Srinagar and Jammu. Choosing Pahalgam as a result of the venue demonstrated solidarity with the town’s residents, who’ve seen a steep decline in vacationer numbers given that April 22 assault that claimed 26 lives, most of them vacationers.
Officials highlighted that the meeting’s true significance lay throughout the symbolic message it despatched to anti-national and disruptive elements — that violence has no place in Jammu and Kashmir.
During his earlier time interval as chief minister from 2009 to 2014, Abdullah had equally held cabinet conferences in distant areas along with Gurez, Machil, and Tangdhar in north Kashmir and Rajouri and Poonch throughout the Jammu space.
The explicit cabinet session moreover received right here shortly after Abdullah, on Saturday, proposed a two-pronged method to revive the realm’s tourism sector. At the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he urged the Centre to instruct public sector undertakings to organise conferences in Kashmir and known as for parliamentary committee conferences to be held throughout the valley as properly.
He believes such measures will help reduce concern, restore confidence, and at last outcome within the revival of tourism, bringing much-needed monetary stability and a return to common life throughout the space.
Earlier, on April 28, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities held a selected one-day assembly session in Jammu, the place a unanimous resolution was handed condemning the Pahalgam assault and vowing to oppose any attempt to disturb communal harmony or hinder progress.
