Narendra Modi to inaugurate projects worth Rs.44,000 cr in J&K
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 3. There, he will lay the foundation stone for and inaugurate various projects in all three regions of the state. These projects will be worth Rs. 44,000 crores. This was stated BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday.
Mr Madhav said, “The prime minister is visiting the state next month and will visit Leh, Jammu and Srinagar. He will address a mega rally in Jammu in which over two lakh people are expected to turn up.” He added that PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for AIIMS, IIM, IIT, Jammu-Akhnoor road, Shahpur-Kandi road, Sunderbani college and IIMC in Jammu during his visit. Narendra Modi will also inaugurate an engineering college in Kathua and the Jammu ropeway project, he added.
The BJP general secretary also said, “We tried to take forward many projects being part of the previous government, like AIIMS. It was due to our efforts that we brought one AIIMS for Jammu even when in rest of the country only one AIIMS was given to each state.”
Mr Madhav alleged that several projects were delayed due to the Peoples Democratic Party. It is the BJP’s coalition partner in the erstwhile state government. “We undertook many projects like this. However, the coalition partner used to slow down the process, otherwise it could have been done earlier,” he said. He added that the BJP will continue its efforts to ensure all-round development in the three regions of the state.
“We are making a demand to the governor administration to grant reservation to the Pahari people, who are mostly residing in Jammu, and the divisional status to Ladakh before the visit of Narendra Modi to the state,” he said.
