• PM Modi to hold his first roadshow in Kolkata today
    Indian Express | 29 May 2024
  • As part of his final campaigning in West Bengal for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi will hold a mega roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.

    As per the BJP, PM Modi will embark on a two-day trip to Bengal on Tuesday, where he will conduct public meeting at Ashoknagar in Barasat constituency, in North 24 Parganas district and later address another election rally at Baruipur in Jadavpur constituency, in South 24 Parganas district.

    On Tuesday evening, the PM will hold a 2.5km long roadshow from Shyambazar five-point crossing to Swami Vivekananda’s ancestral house.

    This will be PM Modi’s first roadshow in Kolkata and he will be accompanied by state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari.

    “It’ll be a historic roadshow. Over 2 lakh people will attend it. The programme will create an effect that BJP will perform well in nine seats, which will go to the final phase polls,” said Majumdar.

    The PM is likely to meet monks of different organisations. BJP sources said that PM Modi is likely to visit Sarada Maa’s house in Bagbazar.

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