What’s PM Modi’s dream about Jammu and Kashmir?
On january 23, 1992, terrorists attacked Kashmir-bound buses carrying ekta Yatra participants near Bagwara. Six people were killed and 50 injured in the attack. Despite this tragic incident, Modi's determination did not waver. In the same year 1992, at the BJP's national executive meeting in Bhopal, it was decided to send a team to study Kashmir. Then from september 19 to 22, 1992, Modi undertook a 4-day intensive tour of the kashmir Valley. He was accompanied by bjp Gujarat General Secretary madan Lal Khurana and Saman Lal Gupta. In the 1990s Modi traveled extensively in various districts of kashmir including Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderpal, Baramulla, Budgam, srinagar and Shopian and spent a lot of time among the local people.
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