Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-led policy planning group of the Congress will arrive in Jammu on a two-day visit to study the security situation in the State.
The panel will visit Kashmir Valley on September 16 and 17 and the Ladakh region on a later date. The policy planning group, which includes former Union Ministers P. Chidambaram, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni, will meet senior party leaders, MLAs and MLCs, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh, he said, is also expected to be part of the delegation which would meet representatives of various Opposition parties, including the National Conference, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Akali Dal.
The group, who also included several State leaders, will meet 25 delegations during their two-day stay in the winter capital.
They are also expected to meet the delegations of farmers, gujjars, paharis, Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes, the spokesperson said.
