Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick-start a two-day visit to his poll bound home State Gujarat by leading a mega roadshow in Chief Minister Vijay Rupni’s hometown Rajkot on Thursday evening.
Modi, who contested first ever election of his life from Rajkot in February 2002, is visiting the main city of Saurashtra region for the first time after he became Prime Minister in May 2014.
State BJP cadre are not leaving single stone unturned to make the 12-km-long mega roadshow from Aji dam to airport successful in lines with the similar roadshow held in Surat in April this year. CM Rupani too is taking personal interest to make the event grand as on Wednesday he appealed to the people of Rajkot to join the roadshow. Rupani has also appealed to the people to light up earthen lamps at their houses between 7.30 pm to 8 pm to celebrate arrival of Narmada waters.
Ahead of the roadshow Modi will attend a formal function to welcome Narmada waters in Aji dam, a major source of drinking water for Rajkot. The Prime Minister will also address a public meeting near Aji dam site. He will also attend a function to distribute kits to physically challenged people at racecourse ground immediately after his arrival to Rajkot.
Describing coming of Narmada water at the doorstep of Rajkot as golden moment for Rajkotian, Rupani as hard days of frequent droughts and severe shortage of water would become past.
Meanwhile, tight security arrangements have been done enroute mega roadshow of PM Modi and at Aji dam where he would attend a function and address a public meeting. Gujarat Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja and DGP Geetha Johri along with other top cops personally took a tour from airport to Aji dam to examine security cover for the Prime Minister.
Apart from 60 special protection group (SPG) commandos, three inspector generals of police (IGPs) will supervise the security arrangements. Moreover, 27 IPS officers will be deployed in the city, along with 65 deputy superintendents of police, 50 police inspectors, 500 police sub inspectors and 15 companies of State Reserve Police force (SRP). The Rajkot Police commissioner has issued a notification banning parking of vehicles on all the routes where Modi would travel and diverted from seven major roads.
During his couple of days visit to the State, Modi would inaugurate Textile India 2017 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, he will also inaugurate a water related project near North Gujarat town Modasa and also attend a function at Sabarmati Ashram to mark its centenary year.