Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said that the decision to wind up the United Nations office in Srinagar rests solely with the Centre and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). However, he personally believes that the office is no longer needed in Kashmir.
In an interview to a national news channel, LG Sinha, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said, “To talk about the UN office in Srinagar doesn’t fall in my domain. MEA and Centre have to take a call. I have my boundaries.”
But the Lieutenant Governor quickly added that he personally feels that the “office not needed any more in Srinagar.”
Maintaining that the peace cannot be enforced but must be established, LG Sinha praised the efforts of the security forces for successfully creating a peaceful environment in the Union Territory.“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a drastic transformation.
There was a time when mothers used to mourn, and households struggled for survival,” he said, adding, “Today stone-pelting and shutdown calls given on the directions of our neighbor have become a history. Businesses are thriving, and educational institutions, cinemas, and universities are fully operational. This is all due to peace.”
