PM Modi to visit army cantonment in Srinagar to pay tribute to martyrs
Modi is expected to arrive here in the afternoon to address his first election rally
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to address his maiden election rally in Kashmir on Sunday, will visit the army's Badami Bagh headquarters also to pay tributes to the soldiers killed in deadly militant attack in Uri on Friday.
"The Prime Minister, before addressing the election rally here, will visit the local army headquarters to pay tributes to the soldiers who laid down their lives while repulsing the militant attack in Uri," a state BJP leader said.
Eleven security force personnel--eight soldiers and three policemen--were killed in the predawn attack by militants on an army camp in Uri area of Baramulla district on Friday.
All the six militants involved in the attack were also killed.
Modi is expected to arrive here in the afternoon to address his first election rally in the Kashmir Valley at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, which has been sealed off as part of the security drill for the high-profile visit.