Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on September 14 and address two election rallies for the upcoming elections in the union territory, sources have confirmed to Times Now.
Eight seats of Doda region are going to polls in first phase on September 18 while 11 seats of Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi districts will have voting in Phase-II on September 25.
PM Modi's election rallies is expected to further boost the BJP’s poll campaign.
The party is contesting all 43 Assembly seats in Jammu division.
It is also in fray on many seats of the Kashmir valley.
PM Modi's visit will be the third high-profile visit after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah.
Rajnath Singh is visiting Jammu today to address two election rallies – one each at Ramban and Banihal constituencies. BJP had won Ramban seat in 2014 elections while Banihal seat had gone to Vikar Rasool Wani, former Congress Chief in JK who is again in the fray.
Home Minister Amit Shah was also on a two-day visit to the union territory during which he released the BJP's manifesto for the elections.
The assembly polls will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1. This is the first election in the erstwhile state after its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution was revoked and it was bifurcated into two Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh – in August 2019.