India, May 16 -- A day after meeting security forces personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, defence minister Rajnath Singh will visit the Bhuj airbase in Gujarat on Friday. The defence minister will also visit the India-Pakistan border area during his visit to Gujarat.

Rajnath Singh is expected to review the operational preparedness of the armed forces during his visit to Gujarat, particularly in view of the recent military conflict with Pakistan.

Gujarat, which shares a 508-kilometre-long border with Pakistan, was one of the states that Pakistan targeted using drones during the four-day military conflict. Bhuj was reportedly attacked using drones by Pakistan. However, the Indian armed forces successfully neutralised the threat.

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