The Hindu : We'll work in tandem with J&K Govt.: Advani

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Thursday, Oct 31, 2002

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We'll work in tandem with J&K Govt.: Advani

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUPATI OCT. 30. The Centre is looking forward to a cordial relationship with the new regime in Jammu and Kashmir, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, has said here today.

He expressed the hope that the new government to be formed by the People's Democratic Party-Congress alliance would take all possible steps for close relations with the Centre and work in tandem with it for effectively tackling cross-border terrorism among other problems plaguing the State.

Mr. Advani flew in here along with his family members in a special IAF aircraft on a pilgrimage to the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara. In a brief chat with mediapersons, he said the J&K chief minister-designate, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, had called on him as well as the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, in New Delhi. This was a good beginning for the Centre-State relations to flourish.

Overcoming cross-border terrorism and putting the State back on the track of development were the two "principal tasks" before the incumbent government, Mr. Advani said and hoped to achieve the task with the State joining hands with the Centre. "I look forward to a period when, with co-operation of the Centre and the State (J&K), both the tasks will be effectively pursued."

Mr. Advani, however, refused to say anything on the new dispensation deciding not to implement the Prevention of Terrorism Act. "I cannot comment on it right now," he said.

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