NGO hopes for positive outcome ahead of Rajnath's J&K visit

Ahead of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, an NGO working among people of the state has supported the effort and hoped it will break fresh ground to usher in peace in the restive state.
Home Minister Singh will pay a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from September 9-12.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who heads the Congress' policy planning group on Kashmir, will also lead a team of party leaders to J&K for discussions on the current situation in the state with party workers.
Members of the NGO 'Lehar', including former external affairs minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid, hoped that the "visits will go beyond standard formalities to break fresh ground for bringing peace to our troubled compatriots".

Ex-PM Singh, who is likely to be accompanied by Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni, will visit Jammu on September 10 and Kashmir on September 16.
"It is sincerely hoped that the visits will go beyond standard formalities to break fresh ground for bringing peace to our troubled compatriots.
"Lehar commits itself to follow in these footsteps to ensure that Kashmiriyat and Insaniyat prevail over cynical efforts to disrupt peace and divide the people," a statement from the NGO said.