PM to address rally in Chandigarh on Sept 11

Pradeep Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Chandigarh on September 11. Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma tweeted tonight.

Earlier in the day, a communication was sent to BJP president Amit Shah by the local unit, inviting Modi to address a rally here. On the same day, Modi is already scheduled to attend three functions—inauguration of the new terminal of the Chandigarh International Airport, PGI convocation and handing over keys to allottees of the Chandigarh Housing Board flats in Sector 63 here.

The venue of the rally will either be Sector 25 rally ground or Sector 34 exhibition ground.

Apparently taking a cue from Prime Minister’s rally at Faridabad on September 6 on the occasion of inauguration of Faridabad Metro, the Chandigarh unit requested the PM to address a rally here on September 11. The theme of the rally will be “Swachh Chandigarh”.

This would be the first rally to be addressed by Modi in Chandigarh after the formation of the BJP government at the Centre. He had made a symbolic appearance at Panchkula on the swearing in of the first BJP government in Haryana on October 26, 2014.