Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a conference of the country’s top military leadership in Gujarat's Kevadia on Saturday, March 6, a state official said on Friday.

The Combined Commanders’ Conference is a premier brain-storming event of the Military Commanders from the three Services. The three-day event is already underway at Kevadia.

"The PM would arrive here on Saturday morning to address the gathering. He is scheduled to leave on the same day," said a senior official. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on Friday to participate in the conference.

Rajnath Singh will join the military commanders along with the team of Secretary level officers from the Ministry of Defence for deliberations from day two of the conference. The Valedictory Session on the final day will be chaired by PM Modi along with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.    

The Combined Commanders’ Conference was held in the national capital in the year 2014. Since then, it has been moved out to different venues across the country. In 2015, the conference was held onboard INS Vikramaditya and in 2017 at the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun. The last edition of Commanders’ Conference was held in 2018 over a period of two days at Air Force Station, Jodhpur.

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