Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in a massive
roadshow in Indore in a bid to reach out to voters and seek their support for
the ruling BJP in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls on November 17.
PM Modi, who arrived in Indore after addressing
election meetings at different places in the State, boarded an open ‘chariot’
built on a small four-wheeler from the city’s Bada Ganpati square.
A “saffron corridor” was created for the prime
minister’s roadshow by covering the barricades on both sides of the road with
saffron cloth, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said.
As he walked through the corridor, Prime Minister Modi
waved at the people who thronged on sides of the road. BJP workers standing
along the route were seen holding party flags.
People welcomed the PM by showering flowers on him at
various points on the route. They also waved pictures of the Ram temple being
built in Ayodhya along with Prime Minister Modi’s photos, and also shouted the “Modi,
Modi” slogan.
The PM’s chariot passed through Indore-1, Indore-4 and
Indore-3 Assembly constituencies, covering a distance of about 1.5 km and
reached Rajbada intersection in the heart of the city an hour later.
At this place, PM Modi garlanded the statue of
Ahilyabai Holkar, the ruler of the erstwhile Holkar dynasty of Indore, and paid
homage to her.
State BJP president VD Sharma accompanied the PM on
the chariot during the roadshow.
The police put in place elaborate security
arrangements for the roadshow.
During the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP had won
four of the five seats in the urban area of Indore, while the Congress got only
one seat in the form of Indore-1.
This time, the BJP has fielded its national general
secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya as its candidate from Indore-1, whose main
contest is against sitting Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla.
Campaigning for the MP Assembly polls will end on the evening
of Wednesday.
PTI
