Asked by former Pakistan cricket captain and now commentator Rameez Raja if he and his team had support from the crowds here, Afridi said that "a lot of people are here for Kashmir".
The central team led by Home Ministry Joint Secretary Dalip Kumar, was accompanied by Punjab Irrigation Secretary K.S. Pannu, other state officials and a Punjab Police contingent.
The BJP and the RSS leaders also discussed issues related to the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry where polls will begin next month.
A new government in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be in place, as early as the next week, after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's "positive" meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's order for lodging an FIR against him on a complaint filed by a party volunteer alleging that he molested her.
Forty percent of India's population may not have drinking water by 2030, if the water crisis in country is not met seriously, a study has warned.