Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 9: Former Conaress president and Member Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today arrived in Srinagar for a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
Gandhi was accorded a warm welcome at the Srinagar airport and at Guest House at Church lane in Srinagar by senior leaders and party members on his arrival.
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The Congress leader is scheduled to meet party leaders and inaugurate the newly constructed party headquarters on MA Road on Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday evening, J&K Congress president Ghulam Ahmad Mir will host a dinner for Gandhi and other politicians and senior Congress leaders.
Leaders of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, including National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and Communist Party of India general secretary, Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami are scheduled to attend the dinner.
“I have invited Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and other leaders for dinner as well. I am hosting the dinner in honour of my son, who got married a few days ago,” said Mir.
Gandhi will visit the Hazratbal shrine and Shankaracharya temple during his stay in Kashmir. This is his first visit to J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
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