PM Modi In Srinagar, 1st Visit Since Article 370 Scrapping
NDTV
This is PM Modi's first visit to the Kashmir Valley since the scrapping of Article 370 and split the former state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar today to unveil development projects worth more than Rs 6,400 crore and address a public meeting, which his Bharatiya Janata Party expects will be the biggest political rally in the region since 2019 - when he was last in Kashmir. #WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches and dedicates to the nation 53 projects worth Rs 6,400 crores at Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium. pic.twitter.com/5Mfe2kRdGw
The Prime Minister flew into Srinagar Thursday morning and then to Badamibagh Cantonment, the headquarters of the Army's 15, or Chinar Corps, where he laid a wreath at the War Memorial and paid his tributes to fallen soldiers. He was then driven to Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium for the rally.
This is Mr Modi's second visit to J&K in three weeks; he addressed a rally in Jammu on February 20.
