Sushma, Jaitley, Rajnath meet NSA

New Delhi July 14 (IANS) Senior union ministers on Friday held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval ahead of a meeting with opposition parties on the border stand-off and Kashmir situation.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Home Minister Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah were present at the meeting held at Singh s residence.

Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj will on Friday evening brief opposition parties on the India-China standoff in Doklam and on the situation in Kashmir ahead of Parliament s monsoon session that begins on Monday.

The all-party meeting to take opposition leaders into confidence on the two key issues would also be held at the Home Minister s residence.

--IANS
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