Srinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday departed for 2-day Jammu&Kashmir visit along with high-level delegations of government officials.
Rajnath Singh informed about his departure on his twitter handle. “Leaving for Srinagar on a two day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Looking forward to interact with the youth, people living in border areas and other sections of the society during my visit,” tweeted Singh
Leaving for Srinagar on a two day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Looking forward to interact with the youth, people living in border areas and other sections of the society during my visit.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 7, 2018
Singh’s visit has come around a time when various issues such as cross-border firing, ceasefire violation, terrorist infiltration, attacks on security personnel, and stone pelting incidents are causing turmoil in the state. He is accompanied by Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Gauba, Joint Secretary Jammu and Kashmir, Gyanesh Kumar and Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh.
During his visit, Rajnath Singh will also meet the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti.
Kashmir Inspector General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Ravideep Singh Shahi said the visit of the Home Minister was very important for the state, adding that adequate security arrangements have been made for the visit.
“The visit of Home Minister (Rajnath Singh) is very important for us and we, in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, have made elaborate security arrangements. Our jawans will be on the ground, patrolling the area. Apart from that, all the important ingress points to Srinagar will have deployments,” Shahi told media.
RajnathSingh will also lead the delegation inspecting security arrangements in lieu of the Amarnath Yatra.
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