By: Ieshan Wani, Aman Sharma
The venue of the PM's public rally is the iconic Bakshi Stadium and not the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal Lake. SKICC was the venue for Modi's events in Srinagar in 2018 and 2019, in indoor settings with heavy security cover and calls for a strike by separatist groups.