Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a visit to Uttar Pradesh today where he will address poll rallies in Etawah and Dhaurahara ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Later in the day Modi will visit the Ram Temple in Ayodhya before holding a mega road show there.
He will address a public meeting in Etawah at around 2:45 pm after which he will leave for Dhaurahara where he is scheduled to address another poll rally at around 4:45 pm.
A 7 pm, the PM is slated to perform puja and darshan at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which he inaugurated in January this year.
At around 7:15 pm, Modi will hold a mega roadshow in the city which is expected to draw a massive crowd.
Modi's Sunday visit comes ahead of the third phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections which will take place on May 7 for ten constituencies including Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Bareilly, and Aonla.
PM Modi's Ayodhya Roadshow
The PM's roadshow will span approximately 2 kilometres on Ram Path starting from Sugriva Fort and will culminate at Lata Chowk
The route for the roadshow has been meticulously divided into 40 blocks, with various communities, including Sindhis, Punjabis, farmers, and women in traditional attire, expected to participate. Cultural performance and flower shows are also on the cards during the roadshow.
Briefing on the security arrangements, Ayodhya's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Raj Karan Nayyar told news agency ANI, "We are fulfilling all duties based on the security norms of VVIPs. We have divided the area into zones, sectors, and sub-sectors."
"We are preparing ourselves. We have briefed our forces, we are also briefing them at their duty points to make sure they know about their responsibilities at the places where they have been assigned," he said further.