Srinagar, June 29 -- Efforts of J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to take all political groups on board for Amarnath Yatra received a setback after Peoples Democratic Party stayed away from the all party meeting.
In a surprise development, Sinha earlier invited heads of various political parties in the J&K for a "high tea" on Wednesday evening. The politicians who attended the meet said only Amarnath Yatra was discussed during the nearly two hour meeting.
PDP President Mehooba Mufti was the only top leader who did not attend the meet.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, BJP J&K president Ravinder Raina, Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, Congress J&K president G A Mir and PDF presiden...