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Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first formal visit to Jammu and Kashmir since his government scrapped the region's special status in August 2019 on Sunday, April 24.
During his visit, he launched development projects worth Rs 20,000 crore and addressed gram sabhas across the country on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day from Palli Panchayat in Samba district of Jammu division. In his speech, he said that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir will not inherit the problems their ancestors faced and emphasised the importance of panchayats in India's democracy
