Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the famous Kedarnath temple in Uttrakhand on Oct. 7. During his visit to the state, the Prime Minister will inaugurate an oxygen plant at the AIIMS Hospital in Rishikesh as well as a terminal at the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun. Along with addressing gatherings in Rishikesh, he will also take stock of the Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway line.
On October 7, Modi is set to complete 20 years of holding a constitutional post (first as the Gujarat Chief Minister followed by Prime Minister of the country). On this occasion, he will visit the Kedarnath temple and seek the blessings of Lord Kedarnath.
Modi will also meet the top brass of the BJP in Rishikesh to discuss the election strategy in the poll-bound state.
The Assembly elections are going to be held in Uttarakhand in early 2022. Breaking the electoral trend of electing alternate governments in the state after every 5 years, the BJP wants to form the government for the second time in a row by winning 2022 Assembly polls. In view of the 2022 polls, Modi's visit is extremely significant.
The BJP is continuously organizing several programmes at the party and the state government level. Recently, a National Executive meeting of BJP Mahila Morcha (women wing) was also held in Uttarakhand. BJP National President JP Nadda on Wednesday had virtually addressed the meeting of the state's central in-charges.
According to sources, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Uttarakhand on October 1, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Dehradun and Haridwar on 16-17 October. In the same month, BJP is scheduled to organise 'Shaheed Samman Yatra' just a few months before the assembly elections in the state. It is speculated that the party will try to reach out to the voters in every village of the state through the yatra.
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