AMN / NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off Bharatiya Janata Party’s nationwide membership drive from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh today. The Prime Minister will address around 5,000 party workers at Deendayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre in Bada Lalpur, where he will launch the membership drive and facilitate some of the party workers.
The launch of the BJP’s membership drive from Varanasi will coincide with the birth anniversary of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukerjee. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with BJP working President JP Nadda, head of party’s membership drive Shivraj Singh Chauhan will also grace the occasion.
Apart from launching the membership drive, the Prime Minister will also kick-off a plantation drive. It will be Mr Modi’s second visit to the constituency after winning the Lok Sabha elections. Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the PM’s visit.
Before his departure, the Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit MAN MANDIR, a virtual experimental museum at Man Mahal Ghat, adjacent to Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.