BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered prayers at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
The Prime Minister is set to kick off his election campaign in Telangana today. PM Modi reached the southern state on Tuesday night and stayed at the Rajbhavan.
After offering prayers at the temple, PM Modi will hold rallies in Karimnagar and Warangal area of Telangana. After completing his campaign in Telangana, the Prime Minister will rally in the neighbouring state, Andhra Pradesh’s Rajampet. He will also hold a roadshow in Vijayawada today.
On Tuesday, Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s family met PM Narendra Modi in Hyderabad and expressed gratitude for conferring the Bharat Ratna to the former Prime Minister.
Rao’s family also discussed a wide range of topics like culture, and India’s development strides, among others.
After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader and grandson of former PM PV Narasimha Rao- NV Subhash said, “We were very happy when PM Modi called all the members of the family of former PM PV Narasimha Rao, after conferring the Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao. Yesterday, all our family members met PM Modi.
It was a great occasion and a wide range of discussions took place. The type of discussions we had, I felt PM Modi was like my grandfather and we never felt that there was a difference between Narasimha Rao and PM Modi. We discussed political issues and science, technology, health, and education for about 30-45 mins…”
The voting for the first three phases has been completed so far. The next round of voting will be held on May 7.
The Lok Sabha polls are being held across seven phases till June 1 and votes will be counted on June 4.
(inputs from ANI)
