Mehbooba welcomes opening of Sharda Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir
By PTI
SRINAGAR: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday welcomed the opening of the Sharda Devi Temple close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
She additionally expressed hope for the resumption of cross-LoC commerce.
“This is very good. We have always been saying that we need to engage, reconcile and resolve things. The opening of Sharda temple is a very good thing. It is something that the Kashmiri Pandits were looking forward to, they really wanted it to be opened,” Mehbooba advised reporters right here.
Earlier within the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah e-inaugurated the Mata Sharda Devi temple within the Karnah sector of the north Kashmir district.
The PDP chief expressed hope that the opening of the temple is not going to be restricted to pilgrimage, however “it will go beyond that”.
“I also hope that the business which was conducted on Muzaffarabad Road and Rawalakot road, that also is resumed,” she stated, referring to the now suspended cross-LoC commerce on Uri-Muzaffarabad, and Poonch-Rawalakot routes.
SRINAGAR: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday welcomed the opening of the Sharda Devi Temple close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
She additionally expressed hope for the resumption of cross-LoC commerce.
“This is very good. We have always been saying that we need to engage, reconcile and resolve things. The opening of Sharda temple is a very good thing. It is something that the Kashmiri Pandits were looking forward to, they really wanted it to be opened,” Mehbooba advised reporters right here.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Earlier within the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah e-inaugurated the Mata Sharda Devi temple within the Karnah sector of the north Kashmir district.
The PDP chief expressed hope that the opening of the temple is not going to be restricted to pilgrimage, however “it will go beyond that”.
“I also hope that the business which was conducted on Muzaffarabad Road and Rawalakot road, that also is resumed,” she stated, referring to the now suspended cross-LoC commerce on Uri-Muzaffarabad, and Poonch-Rawalakot routes.
