With the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections inching closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will further intensify his forays into the state and in the next 10 days he is scheduled to visit four districts to lay the foundation stones of developmental projects and address public meetings.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Manish Dixit said in Lucknow on Thursday that Modi would visit the state four times between December 18 and 28.
Besides, Modi is expected to visit UP on January 4 when he will inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway. However, the date and place is not yet finalised.
On December 18, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur. This highly ambitious project of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is a 594 km-long expressway starting from Bijauli in Meerut and terminating at Judapur in Prayagraj before meandering through Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh.
Three days later, on December 21, the prime minister will visit Prayagraj to felicitate the beneficiaries of Mahila Samagra Vikas scheme. Over 2.5 lakh women have been invited to attend the programme and at the function, Modi will also lay the foundation of a four-lane road.
Later on December 23, the prime minister will visit his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi and address a public meeting, inaugurate projects worth Rs 1,500 crore and also lay the foundation stone of a road from Lahartara to Mohansarai. On December 28, Modi will visit Kanpur to inaugurate the Kanpur Metro rail.