Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said “we need to give Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah time and support”.

Gandhi said,”Kashmir is a tough and sensitive job. We need to give Omar time and support.”

He said he will go to Jammu and Kashmir to carry out a youth membership drive and added that there was a need to involve Kashmir youths in the political system.

The youth Congress and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and the idea of bringing youngsters into politics is a full time responsibility.

“…My aim is to bring youngsters into politics…Kashmir is not a part-time problem. It is a full time problem,” he said.

The death toll has risen to 89 in the unrest that started in the Kashmir Valley since 11th June.