Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, interacted with the locals living in the border areas of Jammu on Sunday.mit Shah could be seen talking to a local resident of the border area of Makwal. The home minister also reportedly exchanged contact numbers with the local and told him to contact him whenever he needed.Amit Shah, along with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, also visited the border out post (BoP) in Makwal where he met the BSF jawans and spent some time with them.Amit Shah said that the Centre is fully devoted to the welfare of the security personnel guarding the country and their families. “I want to tell everyone that you should protect the country without any worry. The Modi government will take care of your families”, Shah said.This is the first visit of Amit Shah after the Centre revoked the erstwhile state’s special status and bifurcated it into union territories on August 5, 2019.His visit is also significant in the wake of the recent targeted killing of civilians, especially non-locals, in the Kashmir Valley.Earlier in the day, Amit Shah inaugurated the new campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu.Following this, he reached the Bhagwati Nagar area to address a public rally. Amit Shah said Rs 12,000 crore worth of investment has already come to the union territory and now no one will be able to create any hurdle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir
