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Meanwhile, justifying the refusal of separatist leaders Meanwhile, justifying the refusal of separatist leadersto hold talks with the all-party delegation, hardline HurriyatConference said they were not invited officially as New Delhiis "scared" of any meaningful dialogue with them and Pakistanto address the issue. Later while addressing a brief press conference in Jammu,Singh was asked by a reporter whether the visit was a failure.He disagreed, saying it cannot be described as a failure. The delegation, he said, had "very good interactions"with individuals and groups during its visit to Kashmir andJammu and heard their views on different issues. Many members of the delegation had little knowledge aboutJammu and Kashmir and the visit helped them to understand theground situation of the state, the Home Minister added. "I hope that whenever any discussion on Jammu and Kashmirtakes place in Parliament, we will get full cooperation fromthem," he said. Singh said the delegation will meet in New Delhi afterits return and will chalk out the future course of action. "The all-party delegation will meet in Delhi after itsreturn and decide the action plan for the future," he said. Singh said the delegation would like to visit Ladakh alsoin the near future as the region too is a part of Jammu andKashmir state and it is important to listen to the voice ofthe people there. The Minister said to address concerns of Kashmiri youthsliving in different parts of the country the Ministry hasappointed Dr Sanjay Rai as nodal officer who can be approachedon phone number 011-23092923, 23092885. The delegation comprised 26 MPs from 20 parties. Apart from the Home Minister, the delegation alsoincluded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State inPMO Jitendra Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha GhulamNabi Azad, his Lok Sabha colleague Mallikarjun Kharge, seniorCongress leader Ambika Soni, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan(of LJP), JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, CPI(M) general secretarySitaram Yechury and CPI leader D Raja. NCP’s Tariq Anwar and Trinamool Congress’ Saugata Roy,Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Anandrao Adsul, TDP’s ThotaNarasimham, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Prem Singh Chandumajra,BJD’s Dilip Tirkey, AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, AIUDF’sBadaruddin Ajmal and Muslim League’s E Ahamed will be party ofthe delegation. TRS’ Jitendra Reddy, N K Premchandran (RSP), P Venugopal(AIADMK), Tiruchi Siva (DMK), Y B Subba (YSR-Cong), JaiprakashYadav (RJD), Dharamveer Gandhi (AAP) and Dushyant Chautala(RLD) are also in the team. PTI SKL ACB AKKAKK