Not many weeks before the dates of India’s general elections are revealed, Mr. Modi will speak at a rally in Srinagar.
According to reports, hundreds of people will be mobilized by his Bharatiya Janata Party to attend the ceremony despite heavy security.
Tens of thousands of people have died in an armed uprising against Indian control in the disputed territory since the 1980s.
Following India’s and Pakistan’s 1947 independence from Britain, Kashmir was split. The region is claimed by both of the nuclear-armed states, and in the decades following, they have fought two wars over it.
