President, PM to visit MP, PM to address police chiefs meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ramnath Kovind will arrive in Madhya Pradesh on January 7 and January 8 respectively to take part in separate programmes.

The President will arrive at Chitrakoot in Satna district on January 8 to participate in various programmes while Modi will address the state police chiefs' annual conference at Tekanpur in Gwalior district.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Basant Pratap Singh yesterday reviewed the preparations for the two high-profile visits and also interacted, through video-conferencing, with the Collectors of Satna and Gwalior, a state public relations official said today.

The meeting was attended Additional Chief Secretary (Home) KK Singh, Principal Secretary (PWD) Mohammad Suleiman, principal secretaries to the chief minister, Ashok Barnwal and Hari Ranjan Rao, and the state's Director-General of Police (DGP) Rishi Kumar Shukla, the official added.