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PM Modi to address Combined Commanders Conference in Dehradun today

The event got a go ahead on Friday night after by the EC after the Congress raised objections to it being held in a poll-bound state.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) in Dehradun on Saturday.

The day-long conference, to be hosted at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), will be attended by all army commanders and their equivalents from the Air Force and the Navy. This will be the first CCC for the three military chiefs since taking over as head of their services last year.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will be present at the conference, which is being organised outside Delhi for the second time after 2015.

The last conference was conducted at INS Vikramaditya off the coast of Kochi on December 15, 2015.

The conference is likely to focus on the surgical strikes across the Line of Control, the prevailing situation on the LoC, terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and the emerging security situation.

The conference will take place after the Election Commission gave a go ahead to the Defence Ministry to hold organise the event in the capital city of poll-bound Uttarakhand, albeit with certain conditions.

In a letter to the Defence Secretary, the Commission said it has "no objection" to holding the conference at Indian Military Academy Dehradun. It said the dignitaries attending the conference should "observe certain conditions".

"The official visit shall not be combined with any public meeting...no media briefing, media interaction, press release, announcement in connection with serving soldiers or ex servicemen, which may effect the voters in five poll going states, including Uttarakhand, should be made," it said asking the Defence Secretary to ensure compliance.

With PTI?ANI inputs.

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