Amid tight security arrangements, Union home minister Amit Shah begins his three day J&K visit today. Besides holding security review meetings, the minister will also address panchayat members and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and a big rally in Jammu during his visit. Shah is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of two new medical colleges in the Union Territory, officials said
Soon after his arrival in Srinagar, the Union home minister will chair a high-security review meeting at Raj Bhavan in the afternoon. This meeting, besides Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, will be attended by top security, army and intelligence officials. The review of the security situation will be done amid a wave of targeted terrorist attacks that left 11 civilians dead in the region this month.
Shah will also hold an interaction with young members of J&K’s Youth Clubs at Raj Bhavan, Srinagar. In the evening, he will also inaugurate the Srinagar-Sharjah International flight.
The home minister will also address panchayat members and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, people familiar with the matter said.
This will be Shah’s first visit to the Union territory ever since the revocation of Article 370, which bestowed special status to the erstwhile state, in August 2019. He last visited J&K in June 2019 after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance swept to power at the Centre for a second term.
