PM Narendra Modi might visits Gujarat again next month

Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi might visit his home state again next month which if materializes would be his fourth back to back trip of Gujarat since August 15.

The Prime Minister might participate in the inaugural session of a biennial global expo (Switch Global Expo) of power sector under Make in India campaign promoted by Government of Gujarat through Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited slated to be held in Vadodara from October 6 to 10.

A senior official of PMO, its secretary Santosh Vaidya had visited Vadodara yesterday and met with the collector and inspected the site of the event, Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel Exhibition Center premise. The expo is to be held in a huge 8.60 lakh square foot area. The participation of Yog Guru Baba Ramdev, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel is already confirmed.

The inspection of the site by a senior PMO officials has given rise to the likelihood of the Prime Minister’s participation in the expo. Promoted by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, this biennial platform is aimed to rev up India’s power sector. Switch has one of the widest product range seen in such expos and will have the assured presence of over 8,500 key buyers and over 1,00,000 visitors, a key member of the organizing committee today said.

He said that invitation to the PM to inaugurate the expo has been tendered and the PMO official has inspected the site in this connection yet no formal confirmation has been received as yet.

Modi was recently on a two day visit to Gujarat from September 16 to 17. On his 66 th birthday he had visited Limkheda in Dahod and Navsari on September 17 apart from breaking the protocol to seek blessings of his mother in Gandhinagar the same day.
Last month Mr Modi visited Gujarat twice – once to condole the death of Sawminarayan saint Pramukhswami Maharaj on August 15 in Sarangpur of Botad district and the second time on August 30 in Jamnagar to inaugurate the first phase of SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran for Irrigation) project , an ambitious irrigation scheme in Saruashtra region.

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