: PM Modi to kick off BJPs campaign for Himachal Assembly polls #IndiaNEWS #India Mandi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the BJPs campaign on Saturday with an aim to woo the youths for the

PM Modi to kick off BJPs campaign for Himachal Assembly polls #IndiaNEWS #India
Mandi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the BJPs campaign on Saturday with an aim to woo the youths for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly by addressing nearly one lakh youth in Mandi, also known as Chhoti Kashi.
He will be addressing the Yuva Vijay Sankalp rally, the first of the three rallies planned ahead of the poll announcement, in Mandi, the district with 10 Assembly segments, the states second highest, with an expected gathering of over one lakh people below the age of 40.
After Mandi, Modi is likely to address public meetings in Bilaspur and Chamba town at later dates. BJP leaders Amit Shah and J. P. Nadda will also visit the state separately.
BJP state unit chief Suresh Kashyap said the visit of the Prime Minister to Mandi is a matter of pride for the people.
Narendra Modis affection towards the people of Himachal is amazing and the people of Himachal also love him very much. Modi-ji has door-to-door contact and a deep relation with Himachal, Kashyap told IANS.
He said the youth rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha would be a grand success and a large number of workers are coming to listen to Modi.
More than 1 lakh youths are going to participate in the rally that will infuse new energy in the BJP. Twenty youths from every booth of Himachal Pradesh will participate in this rally.
Elated over Modis visit, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who is personally monitoring arrangements relating to the Yuva Vijay Sankalp rally, said the Prime Ministers visit shows his benevolence towards the state and its people.
He said the Prime Minister has sanctioned a Bulk Drug Pharma Park for the state even before his visit to the state.
This is a befitting reply to those who alleged that the Prime Minister has given nothing to the state, he told IANS.
Thakur, under whose leadership the party will go to the polls, said a special assistance of Rs 800 crore was provided by the Prime Minister to the state, besides sanctioning developmental projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore for the state.
He said Opposition leaders were perturbed by the decision of the state government to organize 75 events to thank the people of the state for their contributions over these years to make Himachal Pradesh as one of the frontrunner states in the country in development.
He said the slogan of the BJP government regarding changing the tradition is also not going well with the Congress leaders.
This tradition (of retaining the helm for another consecutive term) has changed throughout the country and now it is the turn of Himachal Pradesh to do so, an optimistic Thakur told IANS.
Normally in every public meeting, Thakur, who is currently on an inauguration spree by travelling to every nook and corner of the state, is missing no opportunity to remind the public about Modis special bond and love for the people of the state where he spent a few years as the in-charge of the states affairs in the late 90s.