PM Modi to participate in youth festival in Puducherry on January 12

Modi would attend the five-day festival beginning on January 12

: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would attend the five-day national youth festival in Puducherry beginning on January 12, said Home Minister of the Union Territory A Namassivayam here on Tuesday.

In a press release, the Minister said he has held discussions with officials on arrangements for the Prime Minister's visit which is his third in less than a year.

Modi was here on February 25 and on March 30, and addressed poll rallies during the run-up to the April 6 Assembly polls.