PM Modi to visit Dharamshala today as BJP celebrates one year of govt formation in HP

The Prime Minister will address a public rally in Dharamshala in Kangra district. He will also interact with the beneficiaries of various government schemes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. He is scheduled to join in BJP's celebrations to mark one-year of their government formation in the hill state. On the occasion, he will also release a document highlighting the achievements of the government. The Prime Minister will address a public rally in Dharamshala in Kangra district. He will also interact with the beneficiaries of various government schemes. The BJP had wrested power from the Congress in the state assembly elections last year. Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union Health Minister J P Nadda, BJP state in charge Mangal Pandey and BJP state president Satpal Singh reached Dharamshala on Wednesday and took stock of the preparations at the rally site. Thakur expressed his gratitude towards the people of the state for their cooperation in an "all-round and equitable development" of the state. He also thanked Modi for providing financial assistance of crores of rupees to the state for various development works. He said one year's tenure of his government has been "very successful and full of achievements". In an official statement, the chief minister said that his government has made best efforts to benefit every section of the society by launching various new welfare schemes like Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojana, Mukhya Mantri Savavlamban Yojana and Mukhya Mantri Chikitsa Kosh. "The Jan Manch programme initiated by the government has proved a boon for the common man in redressing their complaints and demands immediately at their door-steps. Similarly, the decision of the state government to reduce age limit for getting old-age pension beyond any income limit from 80 to 70 years has benefitted more than one lakh people in the state," Thakur said. (With inputs from PTI)