Favouring opening of transit points at Uri in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on Thursday said soft Indo-Pak borders would negate Pakistan's propoganda about the people of the state being held hostage by security forces.
Terming it as a key to normalising situation in the restive state, Sayeed said: "Once transit points are started, may be in Uri, things will be clearer and those spreading the propaganda will be pushed to wall."
The J&K chief minister was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Planning Commission meeting in New Delhi.
He had earlier said that if such a proposal could be considered for Rajasthan and Sindh in Pakistan, why couldn't it be considered for J&K.
Sayeed said there were several divided families in the state and that "there is no harm in allowing the people of the two sides to meet. After all, anyone crossing over to the other side would be doing so on valid travel documents," the chief minister said.
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