Former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha meets Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani
According to reports, the delegation went to the octogenarian leader’s residence as he is under house arrest.
Others in the group included Jai Ram Ramesh, Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka and former Union Minister for Rural Development, former chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities and Chief Information Commissioner of India Wajahat Habibullah, former Air Vice Marshal, Bharat Bhushan, journalist (editor of Catch News) Kapil Kak, and Executive Director, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Sushoba Arve.
“We had come here with the aim of holding talks. The talks were held in cordial atmosphere,” Sinha told journalists outside Geelani’s residence.
Reports said the delegation is expected to call on Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as well, who was released from jail on Monday.
On Sep 6, Geelani had refused to meet the visiting all party delegation led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, .
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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