Photos: Heavy security, intense preparations for Modi's maiden Jammu rally
[caption id=“attachment_1259981” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The BJP mechanisms are in full swing ahead of it’s PM candidate Narendra Modi’s first ever rally in Jammu. The party has said that it is expecting about 100,000 people to attend the event. Modi’s presence is expected to buttress a surprising BJP upswing in the state: Shahid Tantray/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1259983” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The crowds have been converging on the Maulana Azad Maidan Jammu, with some arriving there on Saturday evening and spending the night so that they could see Modi speak.
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The BJP mechanisms are in full swing ahead of it’s PM candidate Narendra Modi’s first ever rally in Jammu. The party has said that it is expecting about 100,000 people to attend the event. Modi’s presence is expected to buttress a surprising BJP upswing in the state: Shahid Tantray/ Firstpost
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The crowds have been converging on the Maulana Azad Maidan Jammu, with some arriving there on Saturday evening and spending the night so that they could see Modi speak. There is immense curiousity and expectation: Shahid Tantray/ Firstpost
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Security is understandably extremely tight, with authorities keen to avoid a repeat of Modi’s Patna rally. The Jammu and Kashmir police have deployed more than 4,000 police and paramilitary force personnel in the town to thwart any possible threat to the rally: Shahid Tantray/ Firstpost
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Four high-ranking police officials, including an Inspector General of Police from Gujarat, arrived in Jammu three days before Modi’s rally. The Gujarat police would be personally overseeing the security arrangements at the venue where Modi is supposed to address the rally, sources said: Shahid Tantray/Firstpost
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Jammu and Kashmir police frisk vehicles outside MA stadium which is the venue of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally on 1st December in Jammu on Saturday. PTI
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