Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit the campaign trail for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and addressed a rally for the BJP candidate in the Doda district.
Modi’s visit was the first in Doda in the last 42 years by any Prime Minister of the country. Addressing the gathering, he criticised the Congress, PDP and National Conference for their rule over several years. He claimed that the three party’s rules prepared the necessary grounds for separatism and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. He said, terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is now breathing its last.
The Jammu region has long been a BJP stronghold. The party is contesting all 43 Assembly seats in the region.