Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore will inaugurate the two-day 2016 regional editors' conference in Chandigarh on October 17.
The regional editors’ conference is aimed at disseminating the information regarding policies and programmes of the Central Government to the masses.
The conference comes a fortnight after the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK after 19 soldiers were killed by terrorists in Uri.
Amidst escalating tension with Pakistan, the Union Home Minister is expected to apprize the media about NDA led Central Government’s broader agenda on internal security and measures taken to strengthen security on the international border and line of Control with Pakistan.
Singh had already announced that the border with Pakistan would be sealed by December 2018.
The two days conference will be attended by about 100 mediapersons from 10 different states viz Jammu & Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh, and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Besides Union Home Minister, five more Union Ministers will attend the conference. Two ministers including Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, PMO & Personnel, Public Grievences & Pension, Jitender Singh will participate on first day of the conference.
On the second day, Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Nitin Gadkari and the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan will preside over different sessions.
There will be sessions on different ministries in which the concerned Union Ministers will address the media which will be followed by media interaction.