To close 'dil ki doori' with Jammu and Kashmir, govt on welfare road

It looks to consolidate gains in Jammu and Kashmir and act fast while Pakistan is focused on Afghan developments

Days after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of 14 Jammu and Kashmir parties, the administration of the Union Territory believes a new ‘known unknown’ has entered politics of the region: A visible dismantling of previously entrenched interests and new challenges to all political forces that will require fresh thinking on their part,  addressing ways to a better quality of life.

A source close to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha told Business Standard that if political leaders in Jammu and the Valley alike were expecting statehood in the next few weeks, they were mistaken. “For the (central) government,