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SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address around eight election rallies across Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh, starting 10th November, a Srinagar based news agency quoting sources reported on Tuesday.
“On 10th November, Modi is likely to address a rally in Kashmir region and dates are being finalised for the rallies in Jammu and Ladakh Region. We have planned out around seven to eight election rallies to be addressed by the PM in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Regions,” he said.
“There can be more if required,” he said and added that the BJP is confident to win a majority on its own strength and form the government without requiring any post-poll alliances.
Sources said that the top State and Central BJP leaders including the Party President Amit Shah and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh are also expected to be present at the rallies of the PM which the party hopes could turn the tables on the other three major contending parties – Congress, National Conference and PDP.
Meanwhile, Avinash Rai Khanna BJP’s Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha and in charge Jammu and Kashmir affairs told the agency that party eyes 44+ seats in the State and it will concentrate to win all 25 Assembly seats in Jammu region on which the party had maintained a lead in recently held Lok Sabha elections.
“There are 37 Assembly seats in the Jammu region and we want to maximise our gains in this region. We plan to win at least 32-33 seats in this region itself,” he said.
In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won Jammu, Ladakh and Udhampur seats, which comprise 41 Assembly segments.
Urging the people to vote for the BJP he also lashed out at the Congress and National Conference that has governed the State for the last many years. “These people have robbed the jobs of youths, happiness of the poor and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said and urged the people to dump the Congress and other parties and give a clear majority to the BJP, promising them a strong and stable government.