Summary:
more-inPrime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the venue of the farmers’ rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Midnapore town in Paschim Medinipur district. Security has been tightened and “no one will be allowed to get close the Prime Minister’s convoy” said senior police officials. “Prime Minister's rally after [BJP] president’s visit indicates that Bengal is one of our top priority States in the Lok Sabha poll,” Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said. District leaders of Trinamool Congress [TMC] however refused to comment if they too have similar plans to get closer to Prime Minister’s convoy to protest. The Prime Minister tool a flight to the Kalikunda Air Force Station on Monday and proceeded to Midnapore Police Line by helicopter, and reached the Midnapore college ground, the venue of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rally, by road..