Under a heading of “Modi’s speech in Jammu leaves BJP workers feeling disappointed and confused”, Firstpost.com’s reporter Sameer Yasir detailed the feeling of those attending what was expected to be an important visit to Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Prime Minister Modi.

The event was held at a private function in Jammu University to commemorate the centenary celebration of the late Congressman, Giridhari Lal Dogra, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech disappointed many in the gathering who were expecting an announcement of the much-talked about “massive development package” of Rs 70,000 crore for the state.

The reporter tells that the auditorium at the Jammu University was sealed on all sides and the entire university campus was turned into a fortress.

Prof Bhim Singh, of the Nationalist Panthers Party, said an interesting political combination and permutation is emerging in the state which shall be catastrophic to the interest of the people of Jammu.

In the auditorium where Modi was speaking, many prominent faces of BJP state leadership were missing, owing to the limited number of invitations sent to party leaders by organiser Giridhari Lal Dogra Trust, an act which disappointed many.

“We were waiting for the announcement; it would have been a symbolic first for any Prime Minister to announce this kind of package to the state from Jammu, but I think the PM wants to announce this package in Kashmir,” the leader, who spoke to FirstPost on phone, minutes after the PM finished his speech, said.

Top government sources said the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who also attended the function and spoke about the need to build the bridges between the three regions of the state, had insisted the Prime Minister to announce the package during his visit to Srinagar by the end of this month.

The special package of Rs 70,000 crore which was reported by the media that the Prime minister was announcing today, is the biggest ever for Jammu and Kashmir, which is presently ruled by the ideological opposites, the People’s Democratic party and the BJP, for the first time.

The Prime Minister’s visit to Jammu came close on the heels of a spike in violence at the Line of Control and the International Border where hundred of people have been forced to flee from their homes following the exchange of heavy artillery between the armies of India and Pakistan.

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