Chidambaram pitches for sending all-party delegation to J-K

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI) Congress leader P Chidambaramtoday said the meeting between a delegation of J-K oppositionparties and the Prime Minister must be welcomed if it is thefirst sign of "fresh thinking" even as he pitched for sendingan all-party delegation to the Valley. "Yesterday’s meeting between PM & J&K opposition parties:if it is the first sign of fresh thinking, we must welcome it. "Next step should be sending All Parties Delegation toJ&K", the senior Congress leader said in a tweet. Only yesterday, Congress had  dismissed as "shooting fromthe hip" the Prime Minister’s call for a dialogue to find alasting solution to the unrest in Kashmir Valley which is onthe boil for last 45 days. "It looks that the Prime Minister’s words keep changing.What he said at the all-party meeting, his remarks in theIndependence Day address and today he is talking of dialogue,but dialogue with whom? There is a suspicion that these aremere words, mere empty rhetoric for the Prime Minister. He isunfortunately shooting from his hip and merely shooting thebreeze," party spokesman Manish Tewari had said. Modi had a 75-minute-long meeting with a joint oppositiondelegation led by former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullahyesterday. The Prime Minister emphasised on the need for dialogue tofind a "permanent and lasting solution" within the frameworkof the Constitution and also asked all political parties towork together to find a solution to the problems in Jammu andKashmir. PTI SPG SRY DVSRY