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National Democratic Alliance (NDA) party's chief minister of various states and members are slated to visit Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on September 17 to celebrate the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who represents the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Month-long initiatives have been planned to give a tribute to Modi’s 25 years in public life.
Who will attend, who will not
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde are among those who have confirmed their presence at the event. Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath are also expected to attend.
However, the office of Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma confirmed that he will not be attending the event.
Two other alliance leaders will join the birthday event: Home minister Amit Shah from Gujarat's Vadnagar. LJP's Chirag Paswan and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel will be attending the other segment of the bike rally to mark the celebrations.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also host the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ across the country from September 17 to October 17, with a series of service-oriented programmes and public outreach activities.
Two Bike Rallies
Reportedly, two bike rallies will be organised to and from Varanasi and Vadnagar in Gujarat, PM Modi's birthplace. The 'Vadnagar to Varanasi' and 'Varanasi to Vadnagar' bike rallies will begin simultaneously from the two cities on September 17 and will culminate on October 7.
"The flag-off event in Vadnagar will be attended by Amit Shah, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel, state unit BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma, Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Union Minister Anupriya Patel among others," said VD Sharma, the national in-charge of the Vadnagar-Varanasi bike rally.
The bike yatra will cross through 193 districts and around 1,159 villages across 10 states, spanning across 40,000 kilometres. Around 1,000 youth is scheduled to attend the rally.
Media conference on ‘Seva Se Sankalp Abhiyan’
Defence minister Rajnath Singh addressed a media conference in Kolkata today regarding the ‘Seva Se Sankalp Abhiyan’, which is being organised on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.
In a post on X, Rajnath Singh expressed, "Tomorrow, 16th September, I shall be in Kolkata (West Bengal). I shall be addressing a media conference on ‘Seva Se Sankalp Abhiyan’, which is being undertaken to mark PM Shri @narendramodi’s birthday and his completion of 25 years as Head of Government, including 13 years as Chief Minister of Gujarat and 12 years as the Prime Minister of India. Looking forward."