LS poll campaign: PM Modi to hold public meetings in MP, UP today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday for the Lok Sabha elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that Uttar Pradesh’s “progress journey” has got a “strong impetus” under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
In a message on Twitter, ahead of inaugurating the ‘Investors Meet’ in Lucknow, Modi said: “Will be in Lucknow today, to take part in the UP Investors Summit, which will showcase the rich potential of UP to attract top quality investment.”
“Under CM @myogiadityanath Ji, the state’s progress journey has got a strong impetus,” he added.
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Meanwhile, a robot created by a group of students engaged in a startup will welcome Modi at the inaugural session of the summit.
The robot will greet the Prime Minister and other dignitaries by saying “Athithi Devo Bhava” (guests are gods) and by gifting them a rose bud.
Modi will arrive at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Amausi in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane, after which his cavalcade will drive straight to the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Gomtinagar where he will first view an exhibition and then address investors, industrialists, officials, ministers and other lawmakers.
He is later scheduled to have tea with select industrialists like Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and others.
Security has been beefed up in the state capital ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit. More than two dozen envoys from over a dozen countries will also take part in the mega two-day event, which is aimed at attracting investment for the state.
President Ram Nath Kovind will be attending the valedictory session on Thursday.
More than 900 MoUs have been signed between investors and the state government in various sectors like skill development, IT, food processing and agro-industries, among others, officials said.
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