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PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtawar District, as the polls draw closer.

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  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally at Kishtawar, 260 km away from Jammu, on Saturday, ahead of the first phase of polling in the Assembly elections. The polls are to be held in five phases, between November 25 and December 23.
  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    Mr Modi attacked the 'dynastic politics' of the state, and called on the people to deny power to the two families that have intermittently ruled Jammu and Kashmir.
  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    "Will only two families rule in J&K, can't other families produce leaders? You are repenting for the last 50 years," said Mr Modi.
  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    He also raised a plea against politicking over religion. "Don't link religion to politics. A Kashmiri is a Kashmiri. We have to change their lives. Does not matter where he or she goes to worship," said Mr Modi at Kishtawar.
  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    Saturday's rally at Kishtawar was Mr Modi's first appearance in an election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • PM Modi Addresses Election Rallies in Poll-Bound Jammu and Kashmir
    With the Kishtawar rally, Mr Modi has visited Jammu and Kashmir five times since he took over as Prime Minister. He had visited the Valley after it was hit by floods, spent Diwali there and had visited troops in the Ladakh region.
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