"Though this is not the occasion to discuss that, I am with the people of Kashmir in their time of suffering. I understand their suffering. I tell you this with responsibility that when the floods hit Kashmir, the Prime Minister immediately gave a package. You see, disaster takes no time to cause destruction, but rehabilitation takes time.
The union minister avoided queries over the delay in sanctioning of the package proposed by the state government for the rehabilitation of the people affected by the floods which hit the state in September last year.
"I do not think it would be appropriate for me to say anything over that. It does not concern my ministry," she said.
The minister was here to launch three social security schemes, which were simultaneously launched by the Prime Minister in Kolkatta.