Narendra Modi, the prime minister, arrived at Jamboree Maidan in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Monday to speak to a massive gathering of BJP members known as the “Karyakarta Mahakumbh.” At the Jamboree Maidan with the Prime Minister is the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Prior to giving his speech at Jamboree Maidan, PM Modi also paid homage to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on the occasion of his birthday. The Prime Minister was welcomed by a crowd of people who had gathered in the stadium and held up signs.
At the stadium, a sizable gathering of BJP members and supporters could be seen waiting to welcome the Prime Minister with placards in hand.
For the last few weeks, the BJP has been taking out the yatras, a mass-contact programme, from five different places in Madhya Pradesh, where the assembly polls are due this year-end.
PM Modi will address the ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ to mark the culmination of these yatras.
The ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ is being organised on the birth anniversary of party ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay.
Earlier on September 15, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for several projects worth more than Rs 50,700 crore in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, including a Petrochemical Complex and ten new industrial projects across the state.
The ten projects for which he laid the foundation stone include the ‘Power and Renewable Energy Manufacturing Zone’ in the Narmadapuram district; two IT parks in Indore; a Mega Industrial Park in Ratlam and six new industrial areas across the state.
He also said the the Petrochemical Complex at Bina Refinery will help make the country ‘Atmanirbhar’ (self-reliant).
Madhya Pradesh is among the five states where assembly elections are scheduled later this year. The BJP has already released its first list of 39 candidates for the 230-member state assembly.
