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PM to address Brigade rally, launch ₹18,680 cr projects during Bengal visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday to address a rally at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground here and unveil development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore, in his first trip to the state after the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls last month.
The rally, organised by the BJP, will mark the culmination of the party's statewide 'Parivartan Yatra' ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.
After the surge in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the setback in the 2021 assembly polls, the BJP's yatra is being seen as its most expansive statewide mobilisation in recent years.
The yatra, which began on March 1, a day after the publication of the revised electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision exercise, criss-crossed nearly 5,000 km across the state, covering 237 assembly constituencies.
According to official data released on February 28, following the SIR exercise, 63.66 lakh names, around 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted since

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	Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kolkata on a brief visit where he will address a rally and unveil development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore.</p>
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	Modi was received by Governor RN Ravi, senior West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim and Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty at the NSCB International Airport around 2 pm.</p>
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	Senior BJP leaders also greeted him at the airport.</p>
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	Modi is scheduled to head to the Brigade Parade Ground for a rally by helicopter.</p>
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	The rally, organised by the BJP, will mark the culmination of the party&#39;s statewide &#39;Parivartan Yatra&#39; ahead of the assembly elections.</p>
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	During the visit, the prime minister will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth around ₹18,680 crore.&nbsp;</p>

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday to address a rally at the iconic Brigade Parade Ground here and unveil development projects worth around Rs 18,680 crore, in his first trip to the state after the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls last month.

PM arrives in Kolkata, to unveil development projects worth over ₹18,500 cr

The rally, organised by the BJP, will mark the culmination of the party's statewide 'Parivartan Yatra' ahead of the assembly elections

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