Rahul Gandhi, nine other opposition leaders likely to visit Jammu & Kashmir today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday along with nine other opposition leaders across party lines. This comes weeks after the Centre abrogated Article 370, the special status given to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

On August 13, Rahul had accepted an "invitation" extended by Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to visit the region, which is currently under an unprecedented security cover. Responding to Malik's statement wherein he said that he would send an aircraft for the former Congress chief to visit J&K and see the prevailing situation for himself, Rahul said that instead of the aircraft, he would need "freedom" to travel and meet people.

Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the Gandhi scion shared a report where Malik was quoted as saying that had invited Rahul Gandhi to the Valley. The Congress leader tweeted that he would accept the "gracious invitation" and would want to meet common people, political leaders and soldiers deployed.The parties that will accompany Congress are Trinamool Congress, CPI-M, RJD, CPI, DMK, and Samajwadi Party (SP).

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