CHENNAI: Unleashing the big guns to shore up the Centre-ruling NDA’s electoral prospects in the State, the BJP will field its most influential campaigner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and master strategist Amit Shah in the coming two weeks.
While Modi is visiting the State on a four-day visit starting on April 9, Shah, Yogi Adityanath and other leaders will land after April 5. According to Modi’s four-day schedule, he will visit Vellore and Chennai on April 9, and hold a mega road show in support of NDA candidates AC Shanmugam (Vellore) and Tamilisai Soundararajan (Chennai South).
On April 10, Modi will hold a road show in The Nilgiris and alos address a public meeting in Coimbatore, where L Murugan and K Annamalai are contesting, respectively. On April 13, Modi will visit Perambalur and campaign for TR Paarivendhar and on April 14, in Virudhunagar he will seek support for Raadhika Sarathkumar.
Meanwhile, Amit Shah will visit Madurai and Theni. He will hold a road show in Theni in support of TTV Dhinakaran and a public meeting in Madurai in support of Raama Sreenivaasan.
He will also hold road shows in Karaikudi, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari to canvas votes for Devanathan Yadav, John Pandian and Pon Radhakrishnan.
Meanwhile, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would visit the second week of April to campaign for BJP candidates Ashvathaman (Tiruvannamalai) and Annamalai (Coimbatore).