Tripura News: Security beefed up as PM Modi Set to Address Poll Rally in Agartala on Apr 16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally at Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala on Wednesday, the last day of the campaign for the first phase of the 7-phase Lok Sabha election.
Tripura BJP Spokesman Subrata Chakraborty said that Prime Minister Modi would address an election rally at Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala.
The Prime Minister will visit Tripura on Wednesday after campaigning in Assam.
Former Tripura Chief Minister and BJP candidate for the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat Biplab Kumar Deb said that the Prime Minister’s election rally would be a “historic one”.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Tripura's capital city Agartala and its outskirts in view of the Prime Minister’s visit.
The West Tripura district administration has also declared a ‘no-fly zone’ and ‘red zone’ over the entire city and its outskirts.
Restrictions on traffic in the city and its outskirts have also been put in place.
Deb, who is also BJP’s sitting Rajya Sabha member is contesting in the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat against Tripura state Congress President Asish Kumar Saha.
Nine candidates are contesting in the Tripura West parliamentary constituency.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Guwahati on Tuesday evening to kickstart his Lok Sabha poll campaign in the northeast.
The Prime Minister will address rallies in Assam and then Tripura, the first since the election dates were announced last month.
According to a BJP leader, the Prime Minister’s flight will land at Borjhar airport in Guwahati in the evening and his cavalcade will travel to the city by road. PM Modi will also hold a roadshow in the city.
The PM is scheduled to address a huge public gathering in Assam's Nalbari district on Wednesday at 11 a.m. He will campaign for Phani Bhusan Choudhury, who is contesting on Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) ticket in the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat.
The AGP, which is an alliance partner of the BJP, is contesting two seats in Assam. Another ally of the ruling party United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) was given the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha seat. The BJP is contesting in the remaining 11 LS seats in the state.
The security arrangements have been beefed up in Guwahati for PM Modi’s arrival. The entire city has been converted into a ‘no drone fly zone’ by the Kamrup district authority.
The Prime Minister will attend another public programme in Agartala on Wednesday.
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(Tripura, Tripura News, Northeast, NorthEast News, Assam)