PM Modi to address rally in Udhampur on April 12, Adityanath in Kathua on April 10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will be campaigning for BJP candidate and Union minister Jitendra Singh, who is seeking re-election from Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will address election rallies in Udhampur and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on April 12 and April 10, respectively, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said on Thursday.
They will be campaigning for BJP candidate and Union minister Jitendra Singh, who is seeking re-election from Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.
“Modi ji is coming to Udhampur on April 12. Yogi ji will come to Kathua on April 10. They will address mega rallies,” J&K BJP general secretary Ashok Koul told reporters in Udhampur.
Koul, who was campaigning for Jitendra Singh, said that PM Modi will address a big rally in Udhampur, in which people from Reasi, Nagrota, and Billawar will take part. Preparations are going on in full swing for the two rallies, he said.
Union minister Jitendra Singh is seeking to retain the Udhampur seat for the third time while the Congress has fielded Choudhary Lal Singh, who is facing ED heat in a money laundering case.
The entry of former minister GM Saroori in the electoral fray on the ticket of Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) has made it a three-cornered contest.
Though there are 12 candidates in the fray, the main fight is between the BJP candidate and his Congress rival.
The Union minister had retained the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in 2019, defeating Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh, the grandson of erstwhile Maharaja Hari Singh. In 2014, Jitendra Singh had defeated former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad from the Lok Sabha seat.
Lal Singh, who rejoined the Congress on March 20, had won the Udhampur seat twice on the party ticket in 2004 and 2009.
