Modi cancels Kashmir visit

Srinagar: Prime Minister NarendraModi has cancelled his proposed visit to Kashmir on November 21 and will now address an election rally in Kishtwar on November 22
“His (Modi’s) Kashmir rally has been postponed,” a top BJP leader told Greater Kashmir over phone from New Delhi.
He said the BJP’s star campaigners and Prime Minister NarendraModi will address at least four election rallies in Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and other areas. “Modi will address first election rally in Kishtwar district of Jammu region on November 22 and this will be the beginning,” he said.
He said the Prime Minister will address the rally to woo voters of phase-one in which six Assembly segments including Ramban, Banihal, Doda, Bhaderwah, Inderwal and Kishtwar are going to the polls on November 25.
He said Kishtwar rally will be followed by Modi’s another rally in Udhampur on November 30.
The BJP leader said on November 20, the party president, Amit Shah will chair a “crucial” meeting of the party in Jammu. “Besides discussion on arrangements for PM’s Kishtwar rally, preparations for elections would be thoroughly discussed,” he said, adding, “Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to attend PM’s rally in Kishtwar.”
BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir admitted that Modi will arrive in Kishtwar on November 22. “We have been told that PM will address the rally. I don’t know who else will be with him,” he told Greater Kashmir.
Pertinently, in 2008 assembly elections, the BJP got only 11 seats in J&K. During this year’s LokSabha elections, the BJP won 3 seats—Ladakh, Jammu and Udhampur.