PM in Kerala on April 24 to Flag-off Vande Bharat train as ‘Vishu Gift’

TIL Desk/National/Thiruvananthapuram/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kerala on April 24 for a two-day visit and attend a host of programmes including the flagging off of the much-awaited Vande Bharat Express train in Thiruvananthapuram.

The BJP state unit, which is making all arrangements to accord a grand reception to the PM, shared a poster on Facebook announcing his visit, saying the “world leader” was coming to Kerala and tens of thousands of people would take part in a huge road show in Kochi on April 24.

However, they did not specify whether the PM himself would take part in the road show or not, but said the PM would be given a grand reception at the international airport here when he arrives to flag off the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express on April 25.

“It is a historic moment that Kerala is waiting for,” the BJP said, describing the Vande Bharat being allotted to Kerala as the PM’s “vishu kaineettam” (Vishu gift). As the general elections are around the corner, with just about a year to go, the party’s propaganda machinery is doing its best to give maximum publicity to the unexpected allotment of the semi-high speed train to the state.