Prime Minster, NarendraModi is scheduled to hold an election rally in Gwalior today. The rally will be held at the Mela Grounds at 5.30 pm.
According to official sources, the PM will arrive at the Air Force station by a special flight at 5.15. Covering a distance of 8.1 kilometers in 12 minutes he will arrive at the MelaGrounds at 5.30 pm. The PM is scheduled to return to Delhi at 6.15 PM after the meeting.
The election rally will be attended by party workers and officials from the four districts of the Gwalior –Chambal Division. All the 20 candidates from Bhind, Morena, Datia and Gwalior will be sharing the dais with the PM.
According to Gwalior District President of the party, Devesh Sharma, Union Minster, Narendra SinghTomar, State President Rakesh Singh and other leaders too will be on the stage.
Talking to the media persons, Devesh Sharma said that party workers in huge numbers from Gwalior and neighboring districts will be attending the meeting. Among the coordinators of the PM’s election rally are the Gwalior Mayor, Vivek Shewalkar, Jay Singh Kushwaha, Rakesh Jadon and Abhay Chowdary.
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place across the city for the PM’s one hour visit. The top brass of the District Police along with the SPG team and the District Administration officials reviewed the security arrangements in and around the meeting place.
According to sources, platoons of police force will be deployed at every nook and corner of the city. All the routes to the meeting place at the Mela Grounds will be barricaded and traffic will be either stopped or diverted in a few roads from 5 to 6.30 in the evening.
Meanwhile Jyodiraditya Scindia, while addressing a meeting at DD Nagar took a dig at Modi over demonetization and said it was one of the biggest scams India has seen. He was speaking at an election rally to solicit support for the party candidates, Munnalal Goyal and Praveen Pathak. Scindia reminded the audience about Modi’s impassioned plea to punish him if demonetization didn’t improve the economic situation of the common man within 50 days. In a lighter vein, he told the audience to ask Modi when he arrives on the 16th how and when he should be punished. Scindia also told the audience that Modi had asked people to bear pain for only 50 days, but the scars and wounds caused by demonetization are getting deeper even after all these months.