Patidar outreach, focus on cooperative sector: PM Modi in Gujarat

PM Modi is set to addresses a few key events during his Gujarat visit, which comes days after the Quad summit earlier this week.

Published on: May 28, 2022, 09:39:56 IST

By HT News Desk | Edited by Swati Bhasin

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to his home state of Gujarat on Saturday where he is set to attend events in Rajkot and Gandhinagar. His two-day schedule began with a visit to a multispeciality hospital in Rajkot.

PM Modi reached Gujarat on Saturday morning.  ((tweeted by @BJP4Gujarat))

On Saturday morning, the prime minister had tweeted: “Will be in Gujarat today, where I will be attending programmes in Rajkot and Gandhinagar. These programmes cover key sectors such as healthcare, cooperatives and farmer welfare." Gujarat’s cooperative sector has played a big role in the state’s progress, PM Modi underlined, as he further wrote on Twitter: “I look forward to being among stalwarts of the cooperative sector at the 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi' programme in Gandhinagar at 4 PM.” More than 7,000 representatives from various cooperative institutions of the state will take part in the event, a statement from the PM’s office said.

After the visit to the newly constructed hospital, PM Modi is likely to address an event, which is being viewed as outreach to the Patidar community, which constitutes about 12-14 per cent of the state’s population.

“We aim to gather about three lakh people for the event. This could be one of the largest gatherings addressed by any political leader in recent times,” an official at Shree Patel Sewa Samaj told HT.

Modi was elected to serve as Gujarat's CM for the fourth time in 2012. He often recalls his days as Gujarat CM while talking about his political and administrative experience. During his visit to his home state, he often meets his mother too.

The state is set to vote later this year for the next government.

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