Modi to hold 2 rallies in BJP stronghold Jammu on Sept 14

AS electioneering intensifies for the first Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Jammu, the BJP's stronghold in the Union Territory, on 14 September to address two election rallies.

- FAYAZ WANI

A BJP leader confirmed that PM Modi's visit to Jammu for the election campaign has been finalised.

"He will undertake a daylong visit to Jammu on 14 September. The Prime Minister will address two election rallies in the Jammu region, including one in Doda district on the same day," he said. The Jammu region has long been a bastion for the BJP, which won all 25 of its seats in the 2014 Assembly polls in the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state from this region.