Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be kick starting the BJP\u2019s election campaign for Assembly polls for Jammu and Kashmir during a two-day visit to the Union Territory on October 1 and 2.
\nShah will be holding two mammoth public rallies at Rajouri and Kupwara while third rally, scheduled earlier for Doda, hasn\u2019t matured due to shortage of time.
\nShah is reported to have communicated his schedule of Jammu and Kashmir visit to senior leaders of the party in New Delhi.
\nAs per the schedule, Shah will reach Jammu on October 1 and after grand welcome will leave for Rajouri to address a massive public meeting there to start the party\u2019s campaign for Assembly elections.
\nAs per the BJP leaders, Shah could make an announcement on grant of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Paharis, who have significant population in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
\nThe BJP Government had recently nominated prominent Gujjar leader of the party Ghulam Ali Khatana to the Rajya Sabha.
\nThe BJP planned to cover border districts of Poonch and Rajouri for Shah\u2019s rally as Rajouri is also home district of party\u2019s UT chief Ravinder Raina, who had won last Assembly election from Nowshera in 2014 with a thumping margin.
\nMoreover, complete peace prevails along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in Rajouri and Poonch districts for past more than one and a half years since the fresh ceasefire agreement between Indo-Pak troops came into effect.
\nOn return from Rajouri, Shah will meet UT office bearers and senior leaders of the party at the party office to discuss political situation and party\u2019s preparations for the Assembly elections.
\nOn October 2, the Union Home Minister will hold another mammoth public rally at Kupwara in Kashmir.
\nThe Kashmir unit of the BJP planned to make it a big rally.
\nShah is also likely to hold security review meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and senior officers of all security agencies engaged in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir especially the Valley where a large number of militants including top commanders and foreigners have been killed this year.
\nHe is expected to return to New Delhi in the evening of October 2.
\nThe rallies will be aimed at giving boost to political activities of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.
\nThe Home Minister is likely to spend one day each in Jammu and Kashmir divisions during the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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