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Chidambaram goes under cover in J&K, Omar spreads news on Twitter

Chidambaram visited the separatist strongholds without being detected by the crowd on the streets.

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Union home minister P Chidambaram drove through the streets of Srinagar city unnoticed with bare minimum security to get a feel of the ground situation.

Chidambaram on Monday visited the separatist stronghold of Zaina Kadal, Eidgah, Gow Kadal and Karan Nagar without being detected by the crowd on the streets, which are now buzzing unlike last year when the city wore the look of a war-torn city.

The story of the home minister’s whirlwind tour was broken by none other than chief minister Omar Abdullah on Twitter. “Well actually he (Chidambaram) spent more than an hour driving around down town Srinagar and I don’t think anyone even knew he was there,” Omar tweeted.

Omar was responding to the tweets of Sheikh Irfan of Dubai: “So he was just a foreign tourist in Kashmir who had come here to get some relief from Delhi heat that’s it”.

The chief minister reacted to the prickly tweet swiftly, saying, “Chidambaram was in Zaina Kadal, Gowkadal, Karan Nagar, Eidgah and those areas. Did you hear anything about that in Dubai? Doubt it”. “Because he didn’t inconvenience people you can’t stomach that and he becomes a tourist. Very rich I must say.”

This is the second time since last October that Chidambaram has driven through the sensitive areas of Kashmir. On October 31, 2010, he drove through the streets of Baramulla in north Kashmir unnoticed to get a feel of the ground situation in the sensitive township.

Meanwhile, Chidambaram and Omar on Tuesday reviewed the law and order and security situation in the state at a high-level meeting in Srinagar. Matters relating to the arrangements for Amarnath yatra were also discussed.

Chidambaram congratulated the CM and his government for the smooth, peaceful, free and fair panchayats elections in the state.

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