PM Modi to spend Diwali with flood victims in J&K
23 Oct 2014 5:13 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tweeted that he would spend Diwali, on 24 Thursday, in flood-hit Srinagar. ‘Will be in Srinagar on Diwali, 23d October & will spend the day with our sisters & brothers affected by the unfortunate floods,’ he wrote on the micro-blogging website. This will be his fourth visit to Jammu and Kashmir since taking charge as prime minister in May.
Close to 300 persons died and more than 1.5 million people were affected by the floods, the worst the state has seen in 100 years. Modi visited Srinagar once before to survey the large-scale damage. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah responded by tweeting that he appreciated PM Modi’s gesture.
‘Let’s just appreciate that @narendramodi is in Srinagar on his festival & not at home celebrating as he normally would have been doing (sic),’ he tweeted. In an apparent reference to opposition PDP,
the chief minister said those questioning the timing of PM’s visit on Diwali instead of Eid, would also be cursing the government due to restrictions necessitated by either strike called by the separatists or security arrangements made for such high profile visits.
Close to 300 persons died and more than 1.5 million people were affected by the floods, the worst the state has seen in 100 years. Modi visited Srinagar once before to survey the large-scale damage. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah responded by tweeting that he appreciated PM Modi’s gesture.
‘Let’s just appreciate that @narendramodi is in Srinagar on his festival & not at home celebrating as he normally would have been doing (sic),’ he tweeted. In an apparent reference to opposition PDP,
the chief minister said those questioning the timing of PM’s visit on Diwali instead of Eid, would also be cursing the government due to restrictions necessitated by either strike called by the separatists or security arrangements made for such high profile visits.
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