Rahul Gandhi's aide led Cong delegation meeting Corbyn over Kashmir

As Congress' overseas delegation dragged the Kashmir issue to the United Kingdom and met with UK Labour party leader  Jeremy Corbyn, president of Congress Party in the UK has confirmed information about the meeting. Kamal Dhaliwal, UK's Congress party head and a close aide of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi spoke to Republic TV nad confirmed the meet. Republic TV has accessed exclusive pictures of the leader with Rahul Gandhi. In one of the pictures, Rahul Gandhi is seen feeding cake to Dhaliwal, who led the Congress delegation that met Corbyn.

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BJP slams Congress

Slamming the Congress party over its delegation meeting the UK's opposition party leader Jeremy Corbyn and discussing Kashmir issue, the BJP has said that it is appaling. Expressing its disregard, the BJP has said that India will give a befitting reply to the Congress for attempting to internationalise the Kashmir issue. The Congress party has been opposing the move the revocation of Article 370 since August 5. The Congress party's statements on the issue have been quoted by Pakistan, more than once. Now, UK's opposition party leader Corbyn said that it was 'productive meeting with UK representatives from the Indian Congress Party where we discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir.'

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Jammu and Kashmir situation

The Centre has claimed that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 is slowly restorting to normal. It has also claimed that people of  Kashmir have accepted the decision. While there has been an increase in the vehicular traffic on the road, the public transport is still not functional. The communication blockade still prevails in the valley, while landline connections have been restored in some parts of Kashmir. Schools and universities have reopened, however, there is a lack of attendance, as per reports.Meanwhile, the Congress party on Wednesday decided to boycott the Block Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir, over the detention of mainstream political leaders. Congress became the fourth party, after CPI(M), National Conference and PDP to boycott the Block Development Council polls to be held on October 24 in the state.

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