Preparations in full swing to welcome Modi on Dec 9

Preparations in Panipat are in full swing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 9. The PM is coming to Panipat after nine years.

He will launch ‘Bima Sakhi’ scheme of the LIC for empowering women. Modi had launched the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign from Panipat on January 22, 2015.

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Sunday evening, held a meeting with the officers concerned through video-conferencing. Saini directed that there should be separate sitting arrangements for women at the event.

He also directed that buses should drop the women near the main programme venue so that they do not face any problem.

Vivek Joshi, Chief Secretary, CM’s Chief Principal Secretary Rajesh Khullar, Dr Amit Aggarwal, Commissioner Panchayat and Development; KM Pandurang, Director, Information and Public Relation Department, DC Virender Kumar Dahiya and SP Lokender Singh, ADC Pankaj Yadav joined the video conference.

It is expected that around 65,000 persons, including 35,000 women from across the state, will participate in the programme.

DC Virender Kumar Dahiya said that special arrangements to bring the women to the venue have been made and around 1,500 buses would bring them from all the districts.

While special parking has been made on 30 acres for buses, VIP parking will be separate. A parking lot on five acres for cars would be made.

Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister and former Chief Minister, also held a meeting of BJP leaders and party workers to make the programme a success. Dushyant Bhatt, BJP district president, said that special duties have been assigned to party workers. All the MLAs have been asked to bring people from their constituencies in large numbers, Bhatt said.