NEW DELHI: BJP has planned a trip of bikers between PM Narendra Modi’s birthplace Vadnagar in Gujarat and his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh as part of its month-long events to celebrate his birthday on September 17, an exercise which will jibe with the party’s political campaign in the two states where assembly polls are due next year.With BJP looking to deepen its connect with the youth, Modi is expected to address students at Shri Ram College of Commerce to commemorate the institute’s centenary celebrations on Sep 5.While BJP has been organising events every year to mark the leader’s birthday, it has scaled up the exercise this time as Modi will complete 25 years as head of govt, including as CM of Gujarat, on Oct 7.
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The events beginning on Sept 17, when Modi turns 76, will include drawing and speech contests for school students across the country, hackathon and innovation programme on social media and 25 welfare campaigns, sources said.A number of Union ministers and organisational functionaries, including Ashwini Vaishnaw, Mansukh Mandaviya, Smriti Irani, V D Sharma and Tejasvi Surya, have been roped in for various events.Party sources said 10 biker groups each from Vadnagar and Varanasi will travel between the two cities, and their trip will be marked by outreach to people along the way.While assembly polls are due early next year in UP, they will be held in Gujarat by end of next year.