Amit Shah to chair meeting of BJP’s J-K core group  

Srinagar, Sept 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair Core Group meeting of Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit at party headquarters in New Delhi today.

Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma, the two BJP MPs from the UT, Ravinder Raina, UT chief, Ashok Koul, general secretary (Organizations), Kavinder Gupta and Dr Nirmal Singh, both former Deputy Chief Ministers, Devender Singh Rana, Sunil Sethi, Sat Sharma, Devender Manyal, Sunil Sharma, Vibodh Gupta and Shakti Parihar among others have been invited to the meeting. BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda may also attend.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who is in New Delhi, may also separately meet the Union Home Minister to brief him on security scenario, development works and various other aspects of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Party leaders said Shah is expected to take the opinion of BJP’s Core Group and review the party’s preparations for the elections.

Lok Sabha elections are also almost six months away from now and the BJP this time wants to increase its tally in Jammu and Kashmir from two to three. In 2014 and 2019, the BJP had won Udhampur-Doda and Jammu-Poonch seats with Dr Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma emerging the winners.