Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit scheduled to take place on Saturday as historic, BJP leader Sanjay Seth said that over two lakh people are expected to come at Morhabadi ground here to hear his speech on Saturday.
Modi will be on a day’s visit to Jamshedpur and Ranchi seeking votes in favour of BJP candidates where elections are slated to take place in second and third phases respectively.
“As many as 12 candidates of Ranchi and adjoining constituencies, including Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Khijri, Silli, Torpa, Mandar, Simdega, kolebira, Tamar and Sisai along with four districts in-charges will remain present on the stage along with Modiji,” said Seth, appointed convenor for Modi’s visit.
In order to make him audible and visible clearly from every nook and corner of the ground, huge lED screens will be put at different locations across 3.5 lakh square feet area of the ground, he added. Around 100 life size cut-outs of Modi will also be placed across the ground for creating an atmosphere in his favour among the crowd.
According to Seth, Modi will be landing by helicopter in the campus of Army workshop located just beside the ground and reach to the stage within minutes from there. “Three helipads have already been constructed at the Army Campus with the party fund where trial landing was done on Thursday in presence of SPG team ahead of the visit of Prime Minister.
In order to avoid any mismanagement during the programme, about 150 party workers will be present at the ground assisting the people coming to the venue to hear the Prime Minister. “A separate block has also been created for women having two separate entry gates,” he said.For keeping a close vigil on the activities of the crowd present at the ground, CCTV cameras will also be installed at different strategic locations all over the ground, he added.
To mark Modi’s visit, several organizations have decided to observe Dipawali ahead of Modi’s visit on Friday evening with fire crackers and lighting in their houses and organization offices, claimed Seth.Hatia candidate Seema Sharma addressing the media said that there is a magic in Modi’s speech and people of Jharkhand will assure him that they are prepared to take the State on the path of development under his leadership by forming a BJP government. Ranchi candidate CP Singh, on the other hand, assured that he will see to it that people of Ranchi do not face any problem during Modi’s visit on Saturday.
According to BJP State media in-charge Sanwarmal Agrawal, invitation is being distributed door to door among the people of Ranchi and adjoining areas requesting them to attend the programme which is going to be historical this time both for the party and for the people of Ranchi.
Adequate arrangements have been done for a smooth movement of traffic on Saturday, he said. District Police have also made proper security arrangements to avoid any untoward incident during PMs Visit on Saturday. Morhabadi ground will be sanitized and no one will be allowed to enter in and around the ground area. Tea stall owners as well as other vendors have also been asked to give a break to their business one day ahead of PMs Visit.
According to Ranchi SSP Prabhat Kumar, 500 extra police men have been sought from the headquarters to be deployed on Saturday at various locations in Ranchi. “Special vigil will be kept at Airport, Army workshop ground as well as on the ground on Saturday,” said the SSP. A total of 35 gates have been raised to enter the venue, SSP said.