Panaji: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address a rally here on January 12 which will set the tone for the party's campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls. Modi's rally on the outskirts of Panaji next week is expected to be attended by over a lakh people. Party president Rajnath Singh will also be present for the rally.
State Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who heads the organising committee for the public rally, told reporters today said this would be the only rally to be addressed by Modi in Goa in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP has already informally announced the candidature of sitting MP Sripad Naik from North Goa seat and its state general secretary Narendra Sawaikar for South Goa. Parrikar said the formal announcement of candidates would be done only after party's parliamentary board clears the names.
The Chief Minister said the party leaders will be visiting households to invite people for the rally, while he himself will tour 16 constituencies. The party will collect Rs five each from those attending the rally. "When a person pays to attend the rally it indicates that he feels belongingness towards it," he said justifying the decision for a ticket to the event. The money collected would be used to meet the expenses for the rally, he said. Modi is likely to focus on the local issues in his speech. Parrikar said the party organisation will brief him about the issues, but "I am not aware about what Modi will speak."
This is the second public meeting that Modi will address in Goa. Soon after he was made the chairman of the BJP's election campaign committee during the national executive last year, Modi had addressed a public meeting at Taleigao near Panaji.
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Despite strong opposition by party's senior leader L K Advani, who himself is a PM aspirant, the BJP on September 13, 2013 named Modi as its PM candidate for 2014 general elections. That is a testimony to the power Modi wields in his party. Picture shows Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and AZrun Jaitley joining hands with Modi after the PM candidature announcement. Born in September, 1950 at Vadnagar, a small town in Mehsana district of Gujarat, Modi was third child of six children. As a boy, he ran a tea shop with his brother at railway stations.Modi's political career began with the RSS for which he was the pracharak. After some training in Nagpur, he was given charge of Sangh's student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Gujarat.In 1987, Modi joined BJP, and as an effective organiser, he was instrumental in conceiving strategies that were key to BJP's victories in Gujarat. At this time, Shankarsinh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel were established leaders of the party in the state.In 2001, Modi was chosen to replace then Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel whose administration was failing. While some leaders were apprehensive about this move, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.In 2002, violent riots erupted in Gujarat after some Muslims set fire to a train returning with Hindu pilgrims. Hindus went on rampage killing many Muslims. Modi's government was accused of not taking sufficient action to stop the riots.Modi resigned as Gujarat Chief Minister following protests, only to come back with a majority in the state assembly elections. He has served two full terms as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and has been elected for a third term in 2012. Modi's rule in Gujarat has seen BJP on war footing with the VHP and RSS. He dropped Hindu leaders like Praveen Togadia and Gordhan Zadaphia from the cabinet, razed 200 illegal temples and made many such decisions that were not consulted with the allies. Modi does not tolerate dissent whether it is within the party, the allies or the cabinet. He has pushed veteran party leaders from his stage. Read hereNarendra Modi is a crowd puller when he speaks. His 2006 speech on terrorism taunting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is well known - Terrorism is worse than war. A terrorist has no rules. A terrorist decides when, how, where and whom to kill. At office, he is a workaholic and at home leads a frugal life living on a vegetarian diet. Modi was recently elected to the Parliamentary Board of BJP, the highest decision making authority of the party. With his elevation to the chairmanship of the party's election campaign committee, Modi is seen as the leader who will fight Rahul Gandhi of Congress in the 2014 elections. In July 2013, BJP president Rajnath Singh named Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the chairman of the election campaign committee of the party paving way for him to become the Prime Ministerial candidate of the party.Modi supporters celebrate in Ahmedabad after his name was announced as the BJP's PM candidate on September 13, 2013.
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