Street corner meetings and small road shows organised in the main markets of remote and far-flung areas of the Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha constituency are going to determine the outcome of the poll results on June 4.

The star campaigners of both the national parties are yet to address big public gatherings in the region. Though the Bharatiya Janata Party has finalised the list of star campaigners scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir at different intervals, the final date of their public meetings is yet to be confirmed and made public.

To give wings to its electoral campaign BJP is expected to organise public meetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari,  Anurag Thakur, and Smriti Irani to woo the electorate.

On the other hand, the Congress party is yet to make public the schedule of meetings of their party’s star campaigners likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir to seek people’s mandate in support of the party candidates.

 As of now, both the main candidates in the poll arena Dr Jitendra Singh of BJP and  Choudhary Lal Singh of Congress party are focusing on covering the maximum areas by personally visiting the electorate and seeking their blessings. 

Each day, they attend a series of street corner meetings and receive blessings from the electorate. On Friday Dr Jitendra Singh concentrated on the Basohli assembly segment in the Kathua district and met a large number of voters.

First-time voters and women attended the street corner meetings organized by the local BJP workers to extend a warm welcome to the party candidate.

Meanwhile, Choudhary Lal Singh remained busy in the neighboring Bani constituency. He tried his level best to strike an emotional chord with the electorate and reminded them about his previous terms when they voted him to power in the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha polls.  

Both the candidates are also trying to convince the electorate to lend their support based on their past performances as members of Parliament. Dr Jitendra Singh won the Lok Sabha seat in 2014 and 2019 riding high on the Modi wave. This time he is facing anti-incumbency in some pockets of the Udhampur and Chenab Valley region.

For Choudhary Lal Singh, it is going to be an uphill task to cross the victory line. After rejoining the Congress party last week,  he has launched his aggressive poll campaign but is yet to receive support from the party’s high command. He is taking on the BJP juggernaut on his strength.