Mysuru Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka for two days starting Sunday night to participate in various public functions a BJP leader said.
"Modi will arrive in Mysuru late Sunday night. He will take a chopper ride on Monday afternoon to Shravanabelagola about 85 km north of Mysuru in Hassan district to take part in the anointing celebrations of Jain god Gomateshwara " Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson Vamanacharya told IANS.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will receive the Prime Minister at Mysuru airport.
"Later on Monday afternoon Modi will commission the 140-km fully-electrified Bengaluru-Mysuru rail tracks and flag off the Humsafar Express train from Mysuru to Udaipur in Rajasthan " the official said.
In the evening he will address a party rally at the Maharaja Grounds in the city centre.
It is Modi s second visit to the southern state in a fortnight. He paid a three-hour visit to Bengaluru on February 4 to address a BJP rally to mark the culmination of the 90-day "Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivartana Yatre" (journey to build a new Karnataka).
The Assembly elections in Karnataka are due in late April or early May.
--IANS
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