Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday address a massive rally in Mysuru in poll-bound Karnataka, officials said.
Modi arrived in Karnataka on late Sunday night to participate in various public functions.
According to party officials, Modi will take a chopper ride in the afternoon to Shravanabelagola, about 85 km north of Mysuru in Hassan district, to take part in the anointing celebrations of Jain god Gomateshwara.
In the afternoon, Modi will commission the 140-km fully-electrified Bengaluru-Mysuru rail tracks and flag off the Humsafar Express train from Mysuru to Udaipur in Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials said.
In the evening, the prime minister will address a party rally at the Maharaja Grounds in the city centre.
This is Modi’s second visit to the southern state in a fortnight.
He paid a three-hour visit to Bengaluru on February 4 to address a BJP rally to mark the culmination of the 90-day “Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana Yatre” (journey to build a new Karnataka).
The Assembly elections in Karnataka are due in late April or early May.
(With inputs from agencies)