Nadda cancels visit due to bad weather
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister will visit Jammu on Tuesday during which he will attend a number of development-related programmes and flag off an e-bus service in the city.
This will be Shah’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after terrorists ambushed two army vehicles, killing five soldiers and injuring two others at Poonch on December 21.
A day later bodies of three civilians were found in the Poonch district, not far from the spot of the day before the incident, sparking outrage.
The home minister will visit Jammu on January 9 during which he will chair a review meeting on comprehensive development of Jammu and Kashmir, a home ministry official said.
Besides, Shah will launch the ‘Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra’, a central government initiative, flag off an e-bus service and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development works.
The home minister will also distribute appointment letters to the youths selected for different government jobs, the official said.
Meanwhile, BJP president J P Nadda’s scheduled visit to Jammu on Sunday was cancelled due to bad weather
J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina confirmed the last-minute cancellation of Nadda’s tour of Jammu after his flight failed to land at the Jammu airport due to poor visibility.
Nadda was scheduled to reach Jammu on a day-long tour to chair an extended core group meeting of the BJP to discuss and finalize the party’s strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections after paying obeisance at the historic Raghunath temple here.
“Poor visibility at the airport forced cancellation of the BJP president’s Jammu visit. He, however, will be holding the meeting of the senior leaders through virtual mode shortly,” Raina, who was present at the airport, said.
Raina also visited the Raghunath temple to inform the waiting workers about the cancellation of Nadda’s visit.
Earlier, it sot be noted, Shah had reviewed the security situation of Jammu and Kashmir with top functionaries of the central government and Jammu and Kashmir administration on January 2 in New Delhi.
In that meeting, he had instructed the strengthening of the counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir and stressed on complete elimination of terror eco-system.
While advising the security agencies for appropriate deployment in vulnerable areas in the Union Territory, Shah stressed that all due procedures should be adopted while dealing with counter-terror operations.
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Chief of Army staff (CoAS) General Manoj Pande and top officials of intelligence and other security agencies attended that meeting.
