PM's '4 States In 2 Days' Tour, Mega Projects In Big South Push
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During the tour, PM Modi will attend several events and lay the foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 25,000 crores.
Amid bitter battles between the BJP and several ruling parties in the states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting four south Indian states in two days. During the tour, PM Modi will attend several events and lay the foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 25,000 crores.
The PM's visit assumes significance as it comes less than six months before Assembly elections in Karnataka, and bitter battles between Centre-appointed Governors and ruling parties in several states.
While the PM said his visit is aimed at "strengthening India's growth trajectory", his timing appears to be an attempt to counter Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra which, starting from south India, has been drawing huge crowds and creating a buzz in the media for almost two months now.
"Over the next 2 days, I will be travelling to 4 states in the South- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to take part in diverse programmes aimed at strengthening India's growth trajectory," the PM had tweeted.