Amit Shah to address 3 rallies on Monday ahead of first phase of J&K polls

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah is set to address three rallies in Chenab valley on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
“The home minister will address three rallies at Ramban, Kishtwar and Padder on September 16,” BJP spokesperson and media centre in-charge Arun Kumar Gupta said.
On September 18, the first phase of the three-phase elections will cover twenty-four assembly segments across the Chenab Valley districts of Doda, Kishtwar, and Ramban, as well as the south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, and Shopian.
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a massive election rally in support of BJP candidates in Doda district on Saturday meanwhile Shah is visiting Jammu region for the second time within a fortnight. Earlier during his two-day visit to Jammu, Shah addressed a worker’s convention and released BJP’s manifesto for the assembly elections.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh also spoke at two election rallies in support of BJP candidates in Ramban and Banihal on September 8.
Union minister G Kishan Reddy has announced that the Prime Minister will visit Jammu and Kashmir once more before the second phase of polling on September 25 and the third phase on October 1 to address election rallies.
Besides the home minister and the defense minister, BJP national president and Union minister JP Nadda will also be campaigning in Jammu on September 20.
“Seeing the immense response of the people, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the BJP will form the next government in J&K,” Reddy said.