Congress top leaders meet in Delhi to discuss stand on Jammu and Kashmir

The meeting of the Congress's top decision-making body comes after the party took a stand against the government action, while Jyotiraditya Scindia and Janardan Dwivedi struck a divergent view

The Congress Working Committee met late Tuesday with top leaders deliberating on the party's strategy on Jammu and Kashmir going forward after the government revoked its special status and bifurcated the border state into two Union Territories.

The meeting, attended by Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former home minister P Chidambaram, Priyanka Gandhi, among others, was held soon after the government secured Parliament's approval for its move on J&K.

The meeting of the Congress's top decision-making body comes after the party took a stand against the government action, while several Congress leaders such as