Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will arrive here tomorrow on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, bringing a dash of optimism and curiosity.
An element of interest will mark his visit, which will have a perfect mix of political engagements, development agenda and ‘ground assessment of security scenario’, ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra.
One could have a fair reflection of this in the official itinerary, which was unveiled on Thursday, a day ahead of his visit.
His packed schedule involves the inauguration and foundation stone-laying of several development projects worth crores in two capital cities – maintaining continuity vis-à-vis his earlier visits to J&K.
As per official itinerary, the Union Home Minister will begin his visit, following his arrival in Jammu, by laying a wreath at the statue of BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee in BJP office at Trikuta Nagar at 11 am. The visit coincides with the death anniversary of Mookerjee i.e., June 23.
Then he will proceed to Bhagwati Nagar – the rally venue, from where he will lay the foundation stone of Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Samba at 11.15 am. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several other development projects in Jammu from the same venue before addressing “Maha rally”. The rally is part of “Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyaan” programme of BJP to mark the completion of nine years of governance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlight major achievements during this period.
In the afternoon, the Union Home Minister, as per official itinerary, will leave for Srinagar, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several development projects worth crores for Kashmir in a function at Raj Bhawan at 4.30 pm. Later in the evening, at 5.30 pm, he will attend “Vitasta Mahotsav” to be organised by the Union Ministry of Culture at SKICC, Srinagar.
Officially speaking, his next engagement will be to lay the foundation stone of “BalidanStambh” in Pratap Park, Srinagar at 10.30 am on June 24.
There may be room for meetings with some delegations and some additional engagements in his itinerary.
The Union Home Minister is scheduled to fly back to the union capital by June 24 at noon.
Notably, this will be his second visit to J&K within six months. On January 13, he had visited Jammu following the Dhangri terror attack.
