Amit Shah Shares Phone Number With A Local Resident At Jammu Border, Says Can Contact Anytime

Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to the Union territory for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

Amit Shah shares number with local of Makwal

New Delhi: Union Minister Amit Shah who is on a three-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir, while on the Jammu Border he shared his phone number with a local resident of Makwal, shared his own phone number told the resident that he contact him anytime he likes.

#WATCH | J&K: Union Home Minister Amit Shah takes the contact number of a local resident of Makwal border in Jammu, shares his own and tells him that the man can contact him whenever he needs.

The Home Minister visited the forward areas of Makwal border today. pic.twitter.com/KJnI9zEsSD

— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2021

The Border Security Force (BSF), Additional Director General (ADG) of BSF posted to the Western Command, NS Jamwal on Sunday said that Shah's visit came as a huge encouragement for the soldiers. They said that the Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to forwarding areas at the Makwal border in Jammu and Kashmir was a "matter of pride" for soldiers. 

Speaking to media personnel here, Jamwal said, "Matter of pride for us that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited this BSF post and interacted with the jawans. He listened to our briefing. We told him about all border-related issues, he expressed pleasure over border domination."

"It is a huge encouragement that the Home Minister interacted with our jawans and listened to their issues. This has a positive impact on the jawans, it boosts their morale," said the ADG.

Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to the Union territory for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

His visit has come amid several incidents of killings of civilians by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir which is sparking fear in the valley. Earlier in the day, Shah inaugurated two phases of a multi-disciplinary research centre and laid the foundation stone of the third phase of the centre at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu.

On Saturday, he met families of soldiers and civilians killed this month in a spate of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.