July 14, 2017: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief leaders of opposition parties on the stand-off with China and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir today.
Leaders of prominent opposition parties have been invited for the meeting where the two senior ministers will give a detailed presentation on the prevailing situation along the Sino-Indian border and Jammu and Kashmir and the government action.
Our correspondent quoting sources reports, ahead of the Parliament session, beginning on Monday, the government aims to build a consensus to deal with its biggest neighbour as well on the Kashmir issue.
China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the
Doklam area near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks after a Chinese Army’s construction party attempted to build a road.
In Jammu and Kashmir, seven pilgrims were killed by terrorists in Anantnag district while returning from Amarnath cave shrine on Monday. (AIR NEWS)