Union Home Minister Amit Shah provided prayers at Tanot Mata temple in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan on Saturday morning.
He additionally laid the muse stone of tourism improvement work within the temple premises and in addition unveiled the plaque.
The minister, who reached Jaisalmer on Friday night, reached Tanot by helicopter on Saturday morning. He paid floral tributes on the Victory Stambh.
The revered Tanot Mata Temple, situated near the India-Pakistan border, is managed by the BSF. It is at a distance of 120 km from Jaisalmer.
Facilities for vacationers shall be developed within the temple premises below a centrally funded mission to advertise border tourism.
In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Pakistani military dropped a number of bombs focusing on the temple, however no explosions came about. These unexploded bombs are on show within the temple.
In the 1971 battle, through the Longewala War, Pakistani tanks received caught within the sand close to the temple and had been simply bombed by the Indian Air Force.
Shah additionally interacted with BSF officers at Tanot earlier than leaving for Jaisalmer Air Force Station.
He is scheduled to achieve Jodhpur, the house constituency of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the place he’ll handle the concluding session of the nationwide stage assembly of the BJP’s OBC Morcha.
After that, Shah may even ship the inaugural handle at a gathering of BJP’s sales space stage employees.
BJP officers in Jodhpur mentioned that the Home Minister could be given a grand welcome. More than 1500 occasion employees wearing saffron turbans and on bikes will escort them from the airport to the assembly place.
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BJP OBC Morcha nationwide president Okay Laxman, Union Labor Minister Bhupendra Yadav and Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia inaugurated the two-day working committee assembly on Friday morning.
Soon after the occasion’s OBC Morcha assembly, Shah will handle BJP sales space stage employees at Jodhpur’s Dussehra floor. The occasion is mobilizing its sales space stage employees from throughout the division for the assembly.
A BJP chief mentioned, “The assembly of occasion employees goes to be historic.
The National Working Committee assembly of BJP’s OBC Morcha in Jodhpur is geared toward strengthening the occasion’s OBC vote financial institution within the state forward of the 2023 Assembly elections.
Jodhpur is the hometown of Gehlot, who additionally belongs to the OBC class. The BJP additionally needs to measure its energy within the western a part of the state earlier than the meeting elections.
Locally often known as Marwar, Jodhpur is the biggest division of Rajasthan and contains six districts – Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Sirohi and Pali.
Of the 200 meeting constituencies, 33 are in Jodhpur division, of which 10 are in Jodhpur district. Of these, BJP presently has 14, Congress 17, whereas Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Independents have one seat every.
“OBCs are an enormous group. It is with the ideology of BJP. This is the primary time below BJP rule that we have now 27 ministers from this group. Along with this, the Narendra Modi authorities has given constitutional recognition to the OBC fee.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
