New Delhi, June 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the Vande Bharat train, connecting Srinagar to national captial, on Saturday from Katra in Jammu.

This will be Prime Minister Modi's first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after 'Operation Sindoor', India's precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan launched in response to the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.

"The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will visit Jammu in the first week of June and will inaugurate the first Vande Bharat train to Kashmir," senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina was quoted as saying by local daily Rising Kashmir. Raina, former J&K BJP President is also BJP National Executive Member.

Earlier, the inauguration o...