Amit Shah in J&K LIVE Updates: Shah to begin Navami with ‘Darshan’ at Vaishno Devi Shrine; Can announce ST status to hill people

officials said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the hill people, a long-pending demand of the community living in Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region and Baramulla in north Kashmir, where Shah Janata to be addressed. In the next two days, the Gujjars and Bakarwals have expressed their displeasure over the proposal to include the hills in the ST category.

Ahead of the public meeting of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajouri on Tuesday, multi-level security arrangements have been made. Officials gave this information on Monday. He said security forces launched cordon and search operation at several places here on Monday.

Officials said joint teams of army, police and paramilitary forces launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Chechra Jungle, Siran and Dasal Jattan and thoroughly checked the area for any suspicious activity.

He said the CASO is part of the tight security arrangements that were put in place in the border district ahead of the high profile tour. Several cases were carried out over the past few days in the district, where domination patrols of the area are also continuing, officials said, adding that a similar search operation was carried out around the site of the home minister’s rally and the entire The area was cleared.

Shah is scheduled to address a public meeting in Rajouri town on Tuesday. A security official said that all intelligence agencies are maintaining the highest level of vigilance and police and paramilitary forces are taking full care of the security arrangements under their jurisdiction.

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