Srinagar, May 23 -- A five-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, stressing that their motive was to put a spotlight on the people of border villages who suffered due to Pakistan shelling during the recent India-Pakistan military confrontation.

The delegation, comprising TMC leaders Derek O'Brien, Nadimul Haque, Sagarika Ghose, Manas Bhunia and Mamata Thakur, landed in Srinagar on Wednesday evening and later met Omar. "We have come on a journey of solidarity and empathy. It is the border villages of J&K which have suffered the most due to the shelling from Pakistan. Livelihood has been lost. No one is talking about the suffering of Poonch, Rajouri and villages nex...