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Cong. backs PM's initiative

Baramulla June 1. The Congress has pledged full support to the Vajpayee Government on its fresh peace initiative with Pakistan to usher in peace in strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir. "I hope that the new beginning (the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's peace initiative with Pakistan) will be successful. Congress welcomes this initiative and assures the Centre of its support," the party president, Sonia Gandhi, said at a public rally here today.

She lauded the State's people for braving the militants' bullets and announced that all 15 Congress-ruled States would give reservation in their medical, engineering and other technical institutions to militancy-hit Kashmiris. "The youngsters of this State need employment and training. All our 15 Chief Ministers have agreed to provide reservation to the affected people of Jammu and Kashmir." They had also agreed to promote tourism in the State to improve the financial health of the people. Listing the steps taken at the conclave of party Chief Ministers that ended here yesterday, Ms. Gandhi said the Congress had entered into a coalition with the PDP not for power but for a durable peace.

Ms. Gandhi distributed letters of appointment in government jobs to militancy-affected victims of Baramulla district. — PTI

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