To kick off the poll campaign of BJP in Tripura, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is arriving in Agartala tonight.
Speaking with reporters Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah is coming tonight at Agartala. He will stay here at night. Tomorrow he will flag off Rath Yatra at Dharmanagar and will address a mass gathering there. After that he will have lunch at a resident of one Karyakarta. From there we will go to Sabroom in South district to flag off another Rath Yatra,: said CM.
He further said that tomorrow from Sabroom he will come at Agartala and will leave for Delhi.
BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharya said that the rally will continue till January 12 and will be concluded by national president JP Nadda.
“The rath yatra will cover all the 60 assembly constituencies. More leaders from outside of the state will be arriving. This is for the first time Rath Yatra is taking place. Around 200 place meeting and road shows will be taken place during the rath yatra. Leaders like Locket Chatterjee, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Subhendu Adhikari, Sarbananda Sonowal, Mithun Chakraborty, Kiren Rijuju and other leaders will be arriving”, he added.
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