While National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a top-level security meet on Kashmir on Thursday, Additional Secretary Home Gyanesh Kumar accompanied by intelligence officials on Friday held a meeting with state Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here. Both these meetings assume significance, as the Election Commission has said that it is mulling to hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) after the conclusion of the Amarnath Yatra.
Reports said that a high-level Central team, headed by Gyanesh Kumar, held a series of meetings with state police, intelligence officers and the state administration; however, the contours of the meeting were not immediately known. However, a senior state official who attended one of the meetings on Friday told this reporter that the meeting was held regarding security arrangements being made for the smooth conduct of the pilgrimage from  1 July. An official spokesman said that Gyanesh Kumar met the Governor and informed him about his meetings with state police and administrative officials.