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Campaigning for the first phase of the Assembly polls for the first phase in Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled for September 18, will draw to a close on Monday.
Twenty-four assembly segments spread across Chenab valley districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban and south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian are going to polls in the first of the three-phase elections on September 18.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address three rallies in Chenab valley on Monday, a BJP leader said. “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.
Shah will first address a rally in Paddar Nagseni segment and will then proceed to Kishtwar and Ramban Assembly constituencies, where he will address one rally each.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said the prime minister will visit Jammu and Kashmir again ahead of the second phase of polling on September 25 and third phase on October 1 to address election rallies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the country’s first ‘Vande Metro’ service between Bhuj and Ahmedabad besides several other Vande Bharat trains during his visit to Gujarat on Monday.
The prime minister’s other engagements include the inauguration of RE-INVEST 2024 in Gandhinagar and inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs. 8,000 crore in Ahmedabad.
The Vande Bharat trains will operate on routes including Kolhapur-Pune, Pune-Hubballi, Nagpur-Secunderabad, Agra Cantt to Banaras, and Durg to Visakhapatnam. The first 20-coach Vande Bharat train will run between Varanasi and Delhi, as per a PMO release.
The prime minister will also inaugurate a 30 MW solar system, a 35 MW BESS Solar PV Project at Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station, Kutch, and 220 Kilovolt substations at Morbi and Rajkot.
Modi will launch the Single Window IT System (SWITS) of the International Financial Services Centres Authority, designed to streamline financial services.
The PM will also sanction more than 30,000 houses under the PMAY-Gramin and release the first instalment for these homes, as well as launch construction of houses under the PMAY scheme.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Tripura counterpart Manik Saha will inaugurate a Siddheswari temple in West Tripura district on September 16, an official of Shanti Kali Ashram said on Saturday.
The newly built temple, situated in Barkathal, is among the 24 shrines managed by Shanti Kali Ashram in the northeastern state.
Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, who hails from the royal family, will be the guest of honour, the temple official said. “Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha will inaugurate Siddheswari temple in the presence of Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma. Maharaj Chittaranjan Debbarma, head of Shanti Kali Ashram will also grace the occasion,” Sudip Debbarma, an associate of Shanti Kali Ashram told PTI on Saturday.
– With PTI inputs
