Maharashtra Polls: PM to Address 9 Rallies in State in a Week; 1st Public Meet on Friday

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dress a total of nine rallies in Maharashtra in a week as part of BJP 's poll campaign for state assembly polls, and his first public meeting will be held on Friday in Dhule, party said.

In a statement issued on Thursday, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said PM will also hold a roshow in Pune on vember 12.

Modi's first rally will be held in Dhule in rth Maharashtra at 12 on on Friday. He will n dress a public meeting in Nashik at 2 pm, it said.

On vember 9, he will campaign in Akola at 12 on and in Nanded at 2 pm, it ded.

On vember 12, Modi will dress rallies in Chimur (Chandrapur district) and Solapur, and participate in a roshow in Pune in evening.

Modi will n dress rallies on vember 14 at three places in state - Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raig and Mumbai.

Elections to 288-member state legislative assembly will be held on vember 20 and votes will be counted three days later.

BJP is contesting elections as part of Mahayuti alliance which also comprises Chief Minister Eknath Shinde -led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar 's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Maha Vikas Aghi (MVA) comprising Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) of Shar Pawar and Congress is fighting polls against Mahayuti. 

With PTI Inputs