Puducherry

Shah would arrive at airport here at 9.30 AM, leave for the shrine of Sithananda Swamigal in Karuvadikuppam and then proceed for campaign, BJP party sources said. This will be his second visit to the Union Territory to campaign for NDA candidates, his earlier one being in February, when he came to Karaikal. The AINRC heads the NDA alliance in the union territory and the other constituents are BJP and AIADMK AINRC is contesting in 16 of the 30 constituencies, the BJP in nine and AIADMK in five. The NDA is pitted against the Secular Democratic Alliance, comprising Congress, DMK, CPI and VCK.