BJP national president J P Nadda on June 17 next to address a rally at Santir Bazar area of South Tripura district to celebrate the 9th year of the Narendra Modi led union government.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee accompanied by party’s spokesperson Nabendhu Bhattacharjee said that the BJP’s national president JP  Nadda would arrive in the state capital on June 16 night and to hold a meeting with party functionaries  to discuss plans to strengthen the organization.

He added that there are various programmes which are being organized on completion of 9 years of Seva, Sushashon and Garib Kalyan under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and as a part of that programme there were two public rallies which will to take place and one of them will be organized at Santir Bazar on June 17.

A programme named “Samparka se Samarthan" is going on where they meet enlightened citizens of the state and accordingly J P Nadda will also go to the houses of two citizens of the state after which he will address the rally at santir Bazar on June 17. The details of the citizens will be informed later. After addressing the rally he will come back to MBB Airport and will leave for the next place at 1.30 pm on the same day, said Rajib Bhattacharjee.

The Chief Minister Professor Dr Manik Saha will also take part in the rally. The BJP Prabhari Dr Mahesh Sharma, North East Coordinator of BJP Sambit Patra and few others will remain present as well.

He added that various meetings have taken place with the Cabinet ministers, MLAs and Karyakartas regarding this rally and he is hopeful that the Karyakartas are  very much enthusiastic  about the rally. He hoped that a total of 30,000-35000 party workers would remain present from Gomati and South Tripura districts at Santir Bazar rally and  would  make the rally a grand  success.

The visit aims to mobilize party workers and kick off the BJP’s campaign for the next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

The party insiders said the rally will focus on two main issues-the celebration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office and to boost the party rank and file for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting resolved to make the rally a historic one, especially with the presence of indigenous people at a time when the BJP is facing challenge from the main opposition party Tipra-Motha in the hills.