Srinagar (J&K): Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday arrived on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from visiting the border areas of the region, he will hold meetings with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and senior Army officials at the Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports at Pahalgam.
"The defence minister went straight from Delhi to Baramulla district of north Kashmir, where he reviewed the situation along the Line of Control (LoC) and held talks with the troops stationed there," a senior army official said. In a video shared on social media, Rajnath Singh was seen driving an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) in Baramulla cantonment.
The official further said that the Army Chief Manoj Pandey, GOC Northern Command Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi and GOC 15 Corps, Lieutenant General ADS Aujla are present during the defense minister's Baramulla visit. After concluding his visit to Baramula, the Defense Minister will visit the Army's 15th Command Headquarters in Srinagar, where he will be briefed on the situation in the Valley, including the Amarnath Yatra and anti-militancy operations, the official said.
