Govt likely to send all-party delegation to Jammu

NEW DELHI: The government is likely to send an all-party delegation to visit Jammu on Saturday for a dialogue with those agitating there to press for revocation of land to Amarnath shrine Board.

A delegation is likely to visit Jammu on Saturday. Home Minister Shivraj Patil talked to BJP leader Arun Jaitley and invited BJP to participate in the visit, BJP sources said. Other political parties have also received the invitation, sources said.

The all-party convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday on the violent protests on Amarnath land transfer row had resolved to open channels of communication with the agitators in Jammu.

BJP held a meeting of its top leaders this evening to decide the future course of action on the issue. Earlier in the day, a meeting of BJP's core-committee decided to go ahead with the three-day all-India agitation on the Amarnath land row from August 11.