Chennai, 20 August 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address a massive youth conference in Tamil Nadu on September 26, the party said on Tuesday.

“The place and other arrangements will be decided soon,” party’s National General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao told reporters in Chennai. Modi, recently appointed BJP’s Campaign Committee Chief for next year’s Lok Sabha polls, had chosen to address youth since 60 per cent of the voters were from the age group of below 35 years and who were “idealistic, energetic and take a position” on issues, Rao said.

“Modi will be a “factor” in the 2014 elections besides the issue of corruption charges against UPA”, he added.

BJP will launch a series of programmes ahead of general elections focusing on states like Tamil Nadu, which among Andhra Pradesh where the saffron leader recently addressed a gathering, are “seen as not strong for BJP,” he said.