SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir for three days from April 6, to discuss the progress made on various Centrally sponsored developmental projects and other important issues with the local government functionaries. He will also hold a public meeting in Jammu. The official sources in Jammu said that Mr. Shah is also likely to visit some of the border areas and hold separate review meetings with senior officials of various security agencies and the local administration in the twin capitals of Jammu and Srinagar. However, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is likely to hold a one-on-one meeting with the Home Minister during his three-day visit had said on Tuesday that it (visit) is not linked to the anti-militancy operation underway in J&K’s frontier district of Kathua and its neighbourhood. “Do not link the Union minister’s visit to the Kathua (operation). His programme was finalised before the Kathua encounter. It is a coincidence that his visit comes around the time of the Kathua operation,” the chief minister had told reporters after launching a free bus service for women here. He had also said, “While the security (situation) will be reviewed, he (Shah) has planned a public meeting in Jammu as well. Then, in Srinagar, he (Shah) will review the development work and inaugurate some projects.”
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