PM to visit land of 'Bapu', address village heads to spead his message

On the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be coming down to his home state for celebrations. While earlier the PM Modi's schedule was to arrive at the famous Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on the morning of October 2 and offer the morning prayers from the prayer ground of the ashram, now PM Modi will arrive in the evening of the birth anniversary of Bapu.

Along with visiting the Gandhi Ashram (as he routinely does on October 2), Narendra Modi will be addressing over 20,000 sarpanches from across the country. Out of these, 10,000 will be from Gujarat and others will be from Rajasthan, MP, UP, etc.

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"We want to share with the news that we have taken steps in the right direction to make sure that Gandhi's principles reach across the country. Also, we want to show that there is still a lot more that can be done in the future in rural areas and that's why this speech will be given in front of village heads," shared deputy chief minister Nitin Patel. 

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Leaders also told the media that dignitaries from across the world had been invited to the venue which included Gandhian philosophers, environmentalists, and other leaders. Apart from the speech, an impromptu addition to his schedule was also made where PM will be visiting the GMDC ground for attending one of the Navaratri festivities which are going on as per the 4th day of the Navaratri. It is also a known fact that the PM fasts during Navaratri and have from time to time made it a point to visit Gujarat during the time of the nine-day celebrations. pM is expected to take part in the Aarti and then depart from the venue. 

The preparations for 150th Gandhi Jayanti had been going on for quite some time. According to sources a meeting also took place between PM, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and other leaders to make sure about the preparations of October 2 when Narendra Modi had come to Gujarat on his birthday (Sept 17). 

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