PM returns to ‘chai pe charcha’ venue

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

Nagpur: Five years ago as wannabe prime minister, Narendra Modi caused a splash at his ‘chai pe charcha’ with farmers at Dabhadi village in Yavatmal district. By holding a Modi rally there, Ahir is expecting to repair damage caused by poor performance of BJP’s Arni MLA Raju Todsam. The Congress leaders have said they would hold protests to disrupt the rally, a challenge that Modi has accepted. The rally is basically to address women self-help group members.Pandharkwada is part of the constituency from where Hansraj Ahir, Union minister of state for home, got elected. This time, with the Sena yet to agree for a pre-poll alliance, the BJP intends to make a strong statement with the mega pre-poll rally that it was ready on its own for the big fight.

Nagpur: Five years ago as wannabe prime minister, Narendra Modi caused a splash at his ‘chai pe charcha’ with farmers at Dabhadi village in Yavatmal district. On Saturday, he returns to the same Lok Sabha constituency hoping to retain power at the centre.Pandharkawda is in the cotton belt of the region dubbed epicentre of farmers’ suicide crisis. With the Opposition’s main thrust likely to be on farm distress, Modi has opted to visit the hotspot and take on his rivals.Dabhadi, in Arni taluka, was chosen in 2014 as rally venue on the insistence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray because of proximity to Washim and to boost the campaign of then Sena-BJP alliance candidate Bhavna Gawali seeking re-election. This time, with the Sena yet to agree for a pre-poll alliance, the BJP intends to make a strong statement with the mega pre-poll rally that it was ready on its own for the big fight. The rally is basically to address women self-help group members.Pandharkwada is part of the constituency from where Hansraj Ahir, Union minister of state for home, got elected. By holding a Modi rally there, Ahir is expecting to repair damage caused by poor performance of BJP’s Arni MLA Raju Todsam. After Pandharkawda rally, Modi is scheduled to fly to Dhule for another rally the same afternoon.“We are all set to welcome the prime minister and expect him to announce major relief for tribals and women SHGs,” said Kishore Tiwari on whose home turf the rally is being organized.Tiwari, who heads the state task force of farm distress, has been in news in recent times for demanding that BJP stalwart and Union minister Nitin Gadkari take over reins of the party replacing Amit Shah if the party wants to win back trust of the farmers.Ironically, the onus is now on Tiwari to ensure success of the Modi rally being held in his backyard. The Congress leaders have said they would hold protests to disrupt the rally, a challenge that Modi has accepted.

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