In poll-bound Gujarat, once again the stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. Modi will be visiting his home state for two days beginning Saturday. From early this year, Modi has been visiting Gujarat at regular intervals to attend one programme or the other, leading a scope for debate that the state has no capable leader within the BJP, who can lead the party in the elections that are due by the year end.
Besides Modi, national BJP president Amit Shah has also been making frequent visits to Gujarat.
This time around, Modi will inaugurate a couple of projects, but most importantly he will visit his birthplace Vadnagar in North Gujarat on Sunday.
Like how Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi did a few days ago, Modi, too, will begin his tour by offering prayers at the famous Dwarkadheesh Temple in Dwarka. Green field airport in Rajkot and making Rajkot-Ahmedabad National Highway six lane are couple of projects for which he would lay foundation stones.
Later in the day, he would dedicate IIT Gandhinagar to the nation and also launch Pradhanmantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan.
On Sunday in Vadnagar, he would launch a programme to accelarate progress for achieving goal of full immunisation coverage. He is also scheduled to distribute e-tablets to the health workers.
This will be Modi's first visit to Vadnagar after becoming the prime minister.
The PM will also flag off Antodaya Express between Udhana, Surat and Jaynagar in Bihar.
Opposition Congress has been repeatedly alleging that the prime minister has been making rounds of Gujarat because the BJP is scared of losing the elections. In the 182-member assembly, the BJP has set itself a target of winning 150+ seats.
