Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, his first since the PDP-BJP coalition took over, to be a “turning point in the history of Jammu and Kashmir”. He compares it with then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to the state 2003 which generated a lot of goodwill. There indeed are high expectations among people from this visit. Here are five reasons why Modi’s address is important: Economic package The flood of September 2014 left the state economically devastated. It expected a substantial economic package from the…
Read MoreReasons why PM Modi’s Kashmir address today will be closely watched
