Modi to file nomination tomorrow
after 'mini-India' road show
BJP is
making hectic preparations
ahead of tomorrow's nomination by
Narendra Modi, who will
undertake a "grand road
show" before filing his papers for the
mega battle in this holy city where
he is challenged by AAP
leader Arvind Kejriwal and others.
Modi's
campaign managers said lakhs of people are expected
to participate in the two-km-long
road show from Nadesar to
Kacheri locality in the heart of the
city during which a
number of leading local
organisations will greet him.
He
will also pay tribute to four doyens- Sardar Patel,
Vivekananda, B R Ambedkar and Madan
Mohan Malvya- before
filing nomination, in-charge of BJP's
campaign in Varanasi
Ashok Dhawan told PTI.
Though invited all sections of
people to the road show,
the party
has specifically requested the citizens from Punjab ,
Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal ,
residing
here, to
come in their traditional attire.
"They have been requested to
come in their traditional
attire so
that a mini-India can be presented in the road
show,"
said Navratan Rathi, a BJP leader who is coordinating
arrangements.
Modi will arrive at Lal Bahadur
Shastri airport tomorrow
morning
from where he will go to Benaras
Hindu University
campus by
helicopter to pay tribute to Pandit Madan Mohan
Malvya at
his statue in the Lanka crossing, said Rathi.
Then he will go to Mahatma Gandhi
Kashi Vidya peeth, one
of the
premier educational institutions here, where he will
garland the
statute of Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel and start his
road show.
The Gujarat Chief Minister has been
highlighting
contribution
of Patel to attack Congress and had laid the
foundation
stone for a huge statue of Patel last year in
Kevadia
area of Gujarat .
Rathi said Modi will also pay
tribute to Vivekanada and
Amebdkar at
their statues in the Cantonment area and
Another function has been organised
where the Gujarat
Chief
Minister will be offered blessings by over 100 priests.
BJP units in all the 90 wards in the
city have been told
to carry
out procession from their respective wards to reach
the venue
of the road show. (MORE) PTI MPB PYK
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