On 2nd anniversary of govt, PM to address rally in Saharanpur

May 26, 2016 09:06

As the NDA Government at the Centre completes two years in office on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur to mark the second anniversary of the government.

He will follow this up with four more rallies in Balasore in Odisha; and one each in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Meghalaya later on.

Besides, senior union ministers including Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Suresh Prabhu, Najma Heptulla and J P Nadda and Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries will also be visiting different districts in Uttar Pradesh to ensure the reach of the government's programmes at the ground level in the state which will go to polls next year.

On the eve of the government's second anniversary, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting of Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday asking the ministerial colleagues to focus on carrying the initiatives taken by the dispensation to the grass roots.

He also briefly spoke about the various programmes being lined up to mark the government's second year.

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