Haridwar prepares for Narendra Modi’s rally tomorrow

HARIDWAR: The temple town has been put on high alert ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Haridwar on February 10. While hotels, lodging houses and dharmashalas are being thoroughly checked, the

Rishikul Ground

is being fortified. Special protection group (SPG), led by an IG level police officer, has camped in the city. An anti-bomb squad and a dog squad inspected the rally’s venue on Tuesday. Three helicopters of the Indian Air Force, flying from the Sarsawa (Saharanpur) Air Force base, rehearsed landing at the BHEL stadium helipad, police said.

PM is slated to address four rallies in Uttarakhand starting February 10 to garner support for BJP for the February 15 assembly elections in the state. Besides addressing a rally at Haridwar’s Rishikul Ground, he will address the public in Pithoragarh on February 11 and Srinagar and Rudrapur on February 12.

BJP MP from Haridwar Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank and city MLA

Madan Kausik

, along with teams of devoted party workers, are looking after the preparations for the rally. Party candidates as well as sitting MLAs have been asked to do their best to ensure a huge turnout at the rally being held here for the first after Modi became the prime minister.