A galaxy of ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders led by Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani will visit Amethi on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Amethi, the bastion of the Gandhi family, is the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
The Union Textiles Minister along with Uttar Pradesh ministers will launch development projects worth over Rs 67 crore in Amethi.
Sources in the BJP said here on Saturday that along with Smriti Irani, Union Minister of State Vijay Sapla, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, UP ministers Shrikant Sharma, Mahendra Singh, Mohsin Raza and others will be present at the function to be held at Navodaya School campus at Khauhar village in Gauriganj.
This will be Smriti Irani's third visit to Amethi after losing the Lok Sabha election to Rahul Gandhi in 2014.
At the function, the Central and state ministers will distribute artificial limbs among 990 divyangs and senior citizens and inaugurate a three-day job fair of the Ayodhya division. Around 50 companies are expected to participate in the job fair.
Amethi's District Magistrate Shakuntala Gautam said that arrangements were underway for the visit of the Central and state ministers on November 19.
The projects to be launched in Amethi district include 49 roads, four ITI buildings, Sadbhavana Mandap and inauguration of buildings of two primary health centres and 200 hand pumps.