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Last Updated: May 08, 2024, 07:33 IST
Varanasi, India
PM Narendra Modi during a roadshow for Lok Sabha elections. (IPTI)
The road show, which comes a day ahead of the prime minister filing his nomination, will start with the garlanding of the Madan Mohan Malviya statue at BHU and go till the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a massive road show of almost 5 kilometres on the evening of May 13 in Varanasi, before filing his nomination on May 14 from the parliamentary seat for the third time. The road show could last over four hours.
BJP is calling it PM’s road show in ‘Apni Kashi’ and, as per details, it will start with the garlanding of the Madan Mohan Malviya statue at Singh Dwar of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and go till the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. The road show will go to Vishwanath Corridor via Assi, Sonarpura, Jangam Bari, Godaulia, and Bansphatak, BJP leaders said.
BJP and other related organisations have started preparing to make the road show grand. There will be participation of lakhs of workers from the organisation to make the road show historic. Various social institutions and communities are being contacted to welcome PM Modi. During the road show, people associated with these organisations are likely to get one place each for themselves, from where they can welcome the prime minister.
A Lok Sabha Management Committee meeting was held on Tuesday in Varanasi where regional president Dilip Patel said that BJP workers are being entrusted with the responsibility to make the road show historic. Meetings of all the assembly constituencies of Varanasi parliamentary constituency were organised on Tuesday. After this, a meeting will be held with workers in all 21 divisions in one day. The organisation is busy preparing with the aim of participation of lakhs of workers in this road show, BJP leaders said.
The PM held big road shows in Varanasi before filing his nomination in 2019 and 2014 too. This is the only big campaign event that Modi does in Varanasi to seek votes from the public.
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