New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a youth rally in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday and sound the bugle for ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaigning.
"Looking forward to being among our energetic Karyakartas at the @BJYM Yuva Vijay Sankalp Rally in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh today. The NDA government has undertaken various initiatives aimed at empowering our Yuva Shakti and ensuring they become self-reliant," PM Modi wrote on Twitter.
The 'Yuva Vijay Sankalp Rally' is being organised by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at the Paddal Maidan in Mandi, news agency PTI reported.
BJYM national president Tejasvi Surya said that over one lakh youth from across Himachal Pradesh will participate in this rally.
The Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh is scheduled to be held later this year.
A high-level team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is on a three-day visit to Himachal Pradesh to review poll preparedness.
On the second of the three-day visit to the state, Rajiv Kumar Friday held meetings with state Chief Secretary R D Dhiman and Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu.
The tenures of the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assemblies will end on January 8, 2023, and February 23, 2023, respectively and the poll authority can hold elections anytime within six months of the expiry of the five-year term of any House.
On Monday, CEC Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey are likely to visit Gujarat to take stock of the preparedness, PTI reported.
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It is usual for the Election Commission to visit poll-bound states before the announcement of polls.
In 2017, Himachal Pradesh went to polls on November 9, while Gujarat exercised its franchise in two phases -- December 9 and 14.
The BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998 and the main opposition Congress came close to defeating it in the previous assembly elections in 2017.
In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP defeated the Congress in 2017 to come to power.
While the Congress is gearing up to challenge the BJP in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the AAP is also trying to get a foothold in both states.
(With Agency Inputs)