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Modi will be in Kozhikode for 2 days

Official strength will be reduced due to space constrains.

Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in Kozhikode to attend the three-day BJP national executive meeting at Swapnanagari on Sept. 24, is expected to participate in a government programme outside Kozhikode district as well.

But the Kerala government is still in the dark as to when and where the programme will be held. Chief Secretary S. M. Vijayanand told DC that he too had heard of the PM’s programme, but he is yet to hear from the Special Protection Group.

Even though the three-day mega meet is scheduled to kick off on September 23, Mr Modi is expected to attend only from the next day.

Meetings planned for the first day at Kadavu Resort would see the national general secretaries meeting at 10 am and at 3 pm national office bearers, state presidents and state organising secretaries would have a brainstorming session going on until Sept 24.

A top BJP leader said the PM would be arriving a day later as he needs not sit in through the entire meetings of national general secretaries and then the office bearers.

"Usually when he travels within the country, it is normally in the ratio of 1:40. But due to space constraints, the PMO strength has been reduced though the exact number would be known only after a day or two," he said.

"A private cabin is being specially set up on the Swapnanagari grounds for him. We have come to know that he is attending a government programme outside the district in one of those days."

Mr Vijayanand said he was expecting to get a clear picture by Monday while general administration secretary Usha Titus said a coordination meeting of all the concerned officials would be held at Secretariat in the afternoon after which there will be more clarity on the PM's non-party programme.

SPG director Arun Kumar Sinha will be overseeing the security preparations. BJP state leadership claims that some 1,700 leaders would be camping in Kozhikode during Sept 23-25 with a majority of them landing a day ahead.

Another 1,000 more people will be accompanying the leaders who are personal security and secretaries of the BJP leaders coming from all over the country.

Four hundred media personnel would be thronging the five-star resort and the Swapnanagari on all three days. They include 150 national media personalities.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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