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- Published: October 25, 2021 21:47
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday witnessed the Shikara Festival at the Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh were also present with him.
#WATCH | J&K: Cultural event underway at Dal Lake in Srinagar during Shikara Festival.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Minister Jitendra Singh and other dignitaries are present here. pic.twitter.com/DUdNrirV9S
— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2021
The Union Home Minister, who is on a three-day visit to the union territory for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, offered prayers at Kheer Bhawani Durga temple in Ganderbal district earlier today.
His visit has come amid several incidents of killings of civilians by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir which have sparked fear in the valley.
Home Minister to spend night at CRPF camp in Pulwama
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will visit the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in the Lethpora area of the Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
J&K: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits CRPF camp at Lethpora in Pulwama district pic.twitter.com/ekl91IMEf2
— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2021
As per official information, Shah will have dinner at the camp with the soldiers and will also stay the night there. The Union Home Minister, who is on a three-day visit to the union territory for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, offered prayers at Kheer Bhawani Durga temple in Ganderbal district earlier today.
On Sunday, he visited forward areas at the Makwal border in Jammu and Kashmir with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and interacted with jawans and local residents. He also met with the delegations of Kashmiri Pandits, Gujjar-Bakarwal community, Pahadi community and Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce in Jammu.