Amit Shah meets top ministers

June 04, 2019 15:58

Home minister Amit Shah is holding a meeting with senior ministers -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan -- arrive at the meeting. BJP leader Uma Bharati, who is not a minister, was also at meeting held at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Earlier today, Gautam Gambhir, the newly-elected MP of the BJP from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, had a Twitter spat with former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for attacking Shah.

Mufti had criticised Amit Shah for resorting to "brute force" to "quick fix" the Kashmir issue which, she said, would be "ridiculously naive".

Taking to Twitter, Gautam Gambhir said that terming Amit Shah's process is "brute" is "ridiculously nave". The newly elected BJP MP also said that if oppression can ensure security, "so be it".

"While I am all for a talk-based solution to Kashmir problem but for @mehboobamufti to term Shri @AmitShah's process as 'brute' is 'ridiculously nave'. History has been witness to our patience and endurance. But if oppression ensures security for my people, then so be it," Gautam Gambhir said.

Mehbooba had accused the home minister of resorting to "brute force" to "quick fix" the problem, which, she said, would be "ridiculously naive".

She had tweeted, "Since 1947, Kashmir's been looked through the prism of security by successive governments. It's a political problem that needs a political redressal by involving all stakeholders including Pak. Expecting a quick fix through brute force by newly appointed HM is ridiculously naive."

Image: External Affairs minister S Jaishankar at the Home ministry.

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