Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a massive rally at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on March 7 will also distribute job letters to youth and interact with beneficiaries of various Government welfare schemes. He is also likely to announce new projects/schemes for Jammu and Kashmir.
This will be the Prime Minister’s first visit to the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 and second visit to the UT in about a fortnight. He had visited the Jammu region on February 20 to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of several development projects worth Rs 32,000 crore and addressed a massive public rally at MA Stadium.
Officials said the Prime Minister is likely to announce some new projects/schemes for Jammu and Kashmir during historic rally at Bakshi Stadium where large number of people are expected to gather to listen to him from all parts of the Valley including the Paharis who were recently granted Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, Gujjars & Bakerwals who have been given 10 percent reservation in the UT Assembly and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) who for the first time got reservation in Government jobs and educational institutions besides political reservations in Panchayats and Municipalities.
“There is high enthusiasm among various sections of people about the Prime Minister’s rally,” the sources said.
As per the officials, the Prime Minister will interact with beneficiaries of the Government schemes via video conferencing from the rally venue in both Jammu and Kashmir divisions. A large number of people have been benefitting from welfare schemes of both Central and Union Territory Governments, they said.
Modi is also likely to handover appointment letters to the youth.
