Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Monday on a day-long visit to campaign for the BJP in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
A special plane carrying the prime minister landed at the technical area of Jammu airport at 11.45 a.m.
From the airport, Modi took an Mi-17 helicopter to reach the venue of the Bharatiya Janata Party rally in Samba district.
Modi is scheduled to address a BJP election rally on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway at Raya Morh, about 25 km from Jammu city in the Vijaypur assembly constituency of Samba district.
A heavy security blanket has been thrown around the Raya Marh rally of the prime minister.
Senior BJP leaders Avinash Rai Khanna, parliament member Jugal Kishore and party candidates from Bishnah, Vijaypur and Samba were at the venue.
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