Policy-Planning Group of Congress, headed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, reached Srinagar on Saturday for an on the spot assessment of the situation in the troubled state.
Other members of the Group include leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Union home minister P. Chidambaram and party general secretary Ambika Soni.
The Group will hold meetings with Congress legilsators of the state opposition parties, traders and members of the civil society.
The team had recently visited Jammu and met several delegations and parties during their stay in the winter capital.
Talking to reporters, Azad lashed out at the state government for not identifying the stake holders for talks.
''Everyone knows who the stakeholders are, but they (government) is afraid to take the names,'' he said. “When they are afraid to even identify them as stakeholders, how will there be a resolution?''
A National Conference delegation led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah was among the first to meet the Congress leaders.
The NC delegation had also met the Union home minister Rajnath Singh in Srinagar last week.
Senior J&K Congress leader G.A. Mir said the purpose of the Group's visit is to interact with the party leadership in the state and a cross section of people.
He said the Group will also visit Ladakh for which dates will be announced later.
Mir said anybody who wants to meet the Congress leadership is welcome.
“Some of our party workers used to find it difficult to travel all the way to Delhi for meetings,'' Mir said. “This time they can discuss whatever that want with the Congress leaders in Srinagar and Jammu.''
The Congress leaders, sources said, will also collect feedback about the working of the state leaders and replacing Mir with Tariq Hamid Karra who joined the party after quitting the PDP last year in protest against the civilian killings and blinding of protesters by pellets. Kara also resigned from Parliament.
Given the uneasy relationship between the PDP and the BJP, the Congress is working on firming up the alliance of the like-minded parties in the J&K to take on the BJP in case there are snap polls in the state.
The Congress will also collect feedback from all three regions on the move against the Article 35 in the Supreme Court.
The party is not in favour of abrogating the Article which is an essential part of Jawahar Lal Nehru's legacy and was issued by the President after 1952 Delhi Agreement between Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah.
