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Indian PM calls Kashmir meeting Indian PM in urgent Kashmir talks
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting to discuss the worsening situation in Indian-administered Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an urgent all-party meeting to discuss heightening tension in Indian-administered Kashmir.
It comes as protests continue in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley and the Hindu-majority Jammu region. It comes as protests continue in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley and the state's Hindu-majority Jammu region.
The Jammu protesters are angry at a decision by the state government to revoke a move to allot land for a Hindu shrine in the Kashmir valley. The Jammu protesters are angry at a decision by the state government to revoke a move to allocate land for a Hindu shrine in the Kashmir valley.
Mr Singh is expected to ask other parties to help calm the situation.Mr Singh is expected to ask other parties to help calm the situation.
According to reports, the prime minister is expected to appeal to the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to help bring an end to the protests in Jammu.
BJP supporters have formed the bulk of the demonsrations in Jammu and the party's President, Rajnath Singh, is due to attend the meeting.
Over the past couple of days, the BJP president has been in discussions with Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi and the prime minister.
Rioting
Eight people have been killed and many more injured in the Jammu protests over the past fortnight.Eight people have been killed and many more injured in the Jammu protests over the past fortnight.
The unrest in Jammu was preceded by days of protests by Muslims over the initial decision to grant land for a Hindu pilgrimage site. Five people were killed in those demonstrations and hundreds wounded. Police say that in the latest clashes on Wednesday, 18 protesters and 12 policemen were injured in a clash at Jurian, a village on the outskirts of Jammu city.
Muslims argued the move was aimed at altering the demographic balance in the area. Police fired tear gas and fired in the air after thousands of Hindu protesters burned a police post and a government office.
The state government said the Amarnath Shrine Board needed the 40 hectares of land to erect huts and toilets for visiting Hindu pilgrims. Police also say that railway traffic between Jammu and rest of the country was halted on Tuesday after rioting protesters damaged part of the tracks.
Discussed Tension is also high on the streets of Srinagar
According to reports, the prime minister is expected to ask the other parties, in particular the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to help resolve the situation in Kashmir. Two Hindu protesters were killed in Jammu region on Monday when police opened fire at a similar protest.
Srinagar has seen violent protests over the land row Much of Jammu remains under curfew and troops and police are patrolling the streets.
BJP president Rajnath Singh is due to attend the meeting. Unrest has also broken out in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, where a general strike was called on Wednesday.
Over the past couple of days, he has been in discussions with Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has warned the Indian government not to take any decision regarding the land row which would be unacceptable to Muslims.
Officials say Mrs Gandhi and the prime minister have both asked the BJP leader to use his party's influence with the protesting Hindu groups in Jammu to quieten the situation. The BBC's Altaf Hussain in Srinagar said that shops, schools and other business establishments across the valley have closed and little traffic is on the roads.
Meanwhile, protests continue in both the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region on Wednesday. Muslims argued the move to set up a shrine was aimed at altering the demographic balance in the area.
Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for a shutdown in Srinagar, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, says the BBC's Altaf Hussain in Srinagar. The Amarnath Shrine Board said that it needed 40 hectares of land to erect huts and toilets for visiting Hindu pilgrims.
Worsening tensions All 10 members of the board resigned on Wednesday in a move which the Jammu and Kashmir governor said was necessary to make it more representative of the state's Hindu community.
On Tuesday, police in the Kashmir valley fired tear gas to disperse Muslim protesters who pelted the security forces with stones. The latest trouble comes after years of relative calm in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Meanwhile, much of the Jammu area remains under curfew, with troops patrolling the streets.
Hundreds of Hindu protesters - angry at the state government for backing down in the face of large-scale Muslim protests - tried to set a government office on fire on Tuesday.
Officials said police had tried to disperse them but later had to resort to firing on the crowd. One person died and several others were wounded.
The BBC's Binoo Joshi in Jammu says tensions have been exacerbated by the decision not to include the Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (AYSS) - one of the main Hindu groups spearheading the protest campaign - in the all-party meeting with the prime minister.
The BBC's Chris Morris in Delhi says that the latest trouble comes after years of relative calm in Indian-controlled Kashmir.