Indian PM Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Saturday to hit the campaign trail with the north Indian region gearing up to hold Assembly polls in the upcoming days.

This will be the first visit to Doda by an Indian PM in the past 42 years.

Security has been tightened in Doda and Kishtwar by keeping in mind Modi's visit to the region.

"Jammu & Kashmir extends a warm welcome to Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji. #ModimayJammuKashmir," BJP Jammu and Kashmir posted on X

Apart from Kashmir, Modi will also campaign in poll bound Haryana.

He is going to address a rally in  Haryana's Kurukshetra district.

Haryana CM Nayab Saini posted on X: "Hearty welcome and greetings to the world's most popular leader, the successful Prime Minister of India, the most respected Shri
@narendramodi ji, on his arrival in Haryana, the land of Gita preaching and knowledge."

"Honorable Prime Minister will inaugurate the Assembly elections in the holy city of Kurukshetra. All of you are cordially invited," he said. 

Haryana will vote to elect a new assembly on October 5.

In Jammu and Kashmir, voting will take place in three phases- September 18, September 25, and October 1.

Counting of votes in both the regions will take place on October 8.

It is the first election taking place in Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of the Article 370 in the region.