- Monday, March 10, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Gujarat, his home state, again in just over a week’s time, on Sunday (9). The upcoming visit will be a three-day affair and he will inaugurate development projects in the poll-bound state worth Rs 14,500 crore (£1.57 billion).
Modi’s recent most visit to Gujarat was on September 29 and 30 when he either laid the foundation of projects or dedicated a number of them to the people of the state.
On Sunday evening, the prime minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of a number of projects in Modhera in Mehsana. He will also declare Modhera as the country’s first solar-powered village during his visit.
On Monday (10), Modi will launch a number of projects in Amod in Bharuch in the morning. In the afternoon, he will inaugurate the Modi Shaikshanik Sankul in Ahmedabad. In the evening, he will lay the foundation stone of projects at Jamnagar.
On the concluding day (11) of the visit, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of various healthcare projects in Civil Hospital Asarwa in Ahmedabad. He will then visit Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain where he will perform puja. He will also dedicate a project in the temple and following a public event, the prime minister will leave for the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh.
During his last visit to the state, Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated various projects worth over Rs 3,400 crore (£370.2 million) in Surat, known for its diamond industry. He also inaugurated the 36th National Games and flagged off India’s elite Vande Bharat Express train between Gandhinagar and Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Elections are due in Gujarat in December. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is in power continuously for more than two decades and the Aam Aadmi Party has fast emerged as an opposition in the state over the past several months to challenge the saffron party. The Indian National Congress is the other big player in the state.
Modi himself has been Gujarat’s longest-serving chief minister who was in office between 2001 and 2014 when he became the prime minister.
