Srinagar, April 8 -- Politicians in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire. Celebrations broke out in several parts of the union Territory and Ladakh.
The ceasefire announcement triggered an emotional response across the Kashmir Valley and the Kargil district, where large numbers of people poured onto the streets, raising slogans and hailing it as a "victory" for Iran. In some areas, residents burst firecrackers to express happiness over the development.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned the outcome of the conflict, asking what the United States had achieved from the war.
"So the ceasefire allows a strait to reopen, a strait that was open & freely available to everyone to use before the war ...