5 Union ministers to begin Kashmir visits from today

Out of 36
Union ministers, who are currently on Jammu and Kashmir visit, only five will
travel to three districts of Kashmir from Tuesday as part of Centre’s outreach
programme after the nullification of Article 370, according to officials.

For four
days, five Union ministers, Communications, Electronics & Information
Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal,
minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, minister of state for defence
Shripad Naik and minister of state for home affairs G Kishan Reddy will attend
eight government and public programs, according to officials.

Most of
these programs, according to the BJP office bearers, are government programs to
make people aware about Centre’s developmental schemes, initiated in J&K
after revocation of Article 370, after which the state was converted into a
Union Territory.

On Tuesday
Union Minister, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will visit Faqir Gujri village in Dara
panchayat on the outskirts of Srinagar. He will lay the foundation stone for a
high school in the Dara area. He will also lay the foundation stone for the
water conservation project at Sarband in the Harwan area.

MoS Home, G
Kishan Reddy will be in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on a two-day visit
from Wednesday. On Friday, he will chair a function at Police Training College
Ganderbal,

On a two-day
visit starting Thursday, Prasad will attend a function at Dak Banglow in
Baramulla and also inaugrate a Sports Complex.

Union
Minister Naik will be attending a function at Sher-i-Kashmir International
Conference Centre (SKICC), Srinagar on Thursday.

Union
minister for rural development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will travel to Harwan
and also attend a public meeting at the city centre on Friday while Prasad will
attend a public and official meeting at Dak Sopore town of Baramulla district.