Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Gujarat on October 22 to attend a programme to distribute artificial limbs and assisting equipment to over 8,000 Divyangs(differently abled) in Baroda and attend the final of Kabaddi World championship in Ahmedabad.
The event in Baroda is being jointly organised by the Central Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Artificial limb Manufacturing Corporation of India (AlIMCO), Kanpur, and Baroda district administration. The PM would distribute artificial limbs and aides to divyangs from Baroda city and nearby Chhota Udepur district.
Modi would also attend the final match of the Kabaddi world cup on October 22. Organised by the International Kabaddi Federation, the Kabaddi World Cup kicked off on Friday in Ahmedabad, with first match between hosts India and South Korea. As many as a dozen international teams from India, US, England, Australia, Iran, Poland, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Bangladesh, Argentina and Kenya are participating.
With the scheduled forthcoming visit to Gujarat, it would be Modi’s fourth such visit in last two months to the state that is due for
Assembly elections next year. The Prime Minister had first visited the state to condole the death of Pramukhswami Maharaj, head of Swami Narayan Sect, on August 15th. He soon visited the state to inaugurate the first phase of irrigation scheme in Saurashtra region – SAUNI. He also visited the state on his birthday September 17th to seek blessings from his mother and address tribal in limkheda in North Gujarat and attending a function of divyangs at Navsari in South Gujarat.