Morning Digest: Centre invites 14 J&K leaders to meet PM Modi on June 24; Left, Congress also demand withdrawal of Bengal Governor, and more
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In a first political engagement since the August 5, 2019 move by the Centre to end J&K's special constitutional position, to the mainstream leadership, including those who were incarcerated for opposing the Centre's move, from the region on June 24.
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