BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the Vijay Sankalap Samavesh at the Baramuda Ground in here on Tuesday to launch his poll pitch in the State as the State BJP has given final touch for the mega event to make it a grand success.
Addressing a Press conference here at the State party office, BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Dharmendra Pradhan said that Modi’s rally will coincide with the launching of a nationwide week-long campaign “Sahayoga ra gotia note, Padmaphulare gotia vote,” (A note for cooperation, vote for lotus) as part of the Modi for PM fund. The campaign would continue till February 18 in the entire country, he said, adding that BJP national president Rajnath Singh would unveil the campaign at the rally site.
Pradhan said that it was targeted to reach at least 10 crore families in the country through the slogan and collect a note each from 20 crore people. In Odisha, the State party has also decided to go to the door step of at least 30 lakh families as part of the programme to garner vote for the party to ensure Modi becomes the next Prime Minister of India, he said.
As many as 11,000 kits containing iron and holy soil from all gram panchayats and municipal bodies of the State collected by the party unit would be handed over to Modi for construction of the dream project of “Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Since Nilgiri royal estate was the first to merge in the Indian Union responding to the call of Vallabhbhai Patel, MlA from Nilgiri Pratap Chandra Sarangi would hand over the kits to Modi on the occasion.
He said that Modi would arrive at the Biju Patnaik Airport at around 12.45 pm and proceed to the meeting venue at Baramunda. Modi will reach the venue at 1 pm and address the gathering. He is scheduled to leave for the airport at around 3.30 pm, Pradhan said. Stating that the party was expecting a big crowd at Modi’s meeting which would create a history in Odisha, Pradhan appealed to the people of the State to attend the meeting in large number and make it a grand success. He also said that party national president Rajnath Singh and Odisha Pravari Chandan Mitra would also address the Samabesh which would start from 9 am.
Earlier, State party chief KV Singh Deo had said that the party expected around three lakh people at the Modi’s meeting. A large number of BJP Yuva Morcha will be deployed to look after the security measures at the venue, Sing Deo said.