Thursday, 04 November 2021 | PNS | New Delhi
Maintaining the tradition of celebrating Diwali with the frontline troops at the border, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir or Ladakh on Thursday. Since becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, he has celebrated Diwali every year with the troops.
In the previous years, Modi shared the festivities with the troops in Uttrakhand and Jammu region. The Prime Minister, who lit diyas with Army soldiers at the Longewala border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer last year, will visit Jammu and Kashmir this time and is likely to head to Nowshera, Rajouri border post on the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday, sources said here on Wednesday.
He had celebrated the festival with soldiers at the LoC in Rajouri district in 2019 too.
Like previous years, the Prime Minister will light earthern lamps with the troops and then distribute sweets amongst them besides addressing them.
Meanwhile, Army Chief General MM Naravane arrived in Jammu on Wednesday to review the operation readiness to defend the LOC.
His visit also comes in the backdrop of the ongoing operation against the terrorists in the jungles of Poonch in Jammu region for the last 22 days.
Besides reviewing the situation, Naravane will also visit some forward posts at the LOC and interact with the field commanders on ground, sources added. This is his second visit to the region in the last fortnight.
