Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Feb 18: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will visit Jammu & Kashmir on February 20 and inaugurate several mega development projects besides addressing a mega public rally at MAM Stadium here. “PM Modi will lay foundation stones for many new projects to give boost to the development in Jammu & Kashmir,” former Minister, Rajiv Jasrotia said while addressing a press conference here.
He said PM Modi will address a massive public rally at MAM Stadium in Jammu at 11:00 am, to be organised by the BJP. The party has geared up to make sure that the rally becomes the biggest-ever being addressed by PM Modi in J&K so far, he added. This would be the second public rally of PM Modi at MAM Stadium in Jammu city. Earlier, Modi addressed the ‘Lalkar rally’ at MAM Stadium during the BJP’s election campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Jasrotia said the people of Jammu & Kashmir have always remained enthusiastic to attend the rally of PM in massive numbers. “This time too, lakhs of people from across J&K will come to listen to their popular leader,” he said. Jasrotia said that PM Modi has given a new direction to the peace and prosperity here. Today, one can witness many new projects, rails, roads, highways, medical colleges, AIIMS, higher education institutes, etc in J&K, he said.
He appealed to all the residents of Jammu & Kashmir to join the rally and listen to the Prime Minister who has put J&K on the “development map”.”PM Modi has led the all-round development in J&K, which is the reason that whole of J&K residents including Dogras, Kashmiris, WPRs, PoJK, Valmikis, Gujjar-Bakerwals, Pahari, women, OBCs and other communities got their due rights,” Jasrotia said, adding, “Modi Government has ensured justice to everyone.”