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Rajnath, Sushma to brief opposition parties today

P L Uniyal. Dated: 7/14/2017 1:26:51 PM

NEW DELHI, Jul 13: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief leaders of opposition parties on the stand-off with China and the situation in Kashmir tomorrow.
Leaders of prominent opposition parties have been invited for the meeting where the two senior ministers would give a detailed presentation on the prevailing situation along the Sino-Indian border and Jammu and Kashmir and the government action.
According to official sources, ahead of the Parliament session, beginning Monday, the government aims to build a consensus to deal with its biggest neighbour as well on the Kashmir issue.
China and India have been engaged in the standoff in the Doklam area near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks after a Chinese Army's construction party attempted to build a road.
In Jammu and Kashmir, seven pilgrims were killed by militants in Anantnag district while returning from Amarnath cave shrine on Monday.