Narendra Modi in Gujarat LIVE: Vadnagar awaits return of son who is now PM

PM Modi is in Gujarat to launch a number of projects and virtually sound the poll bugle in his election-bound home state. Here are all the latest updates from PM Narendra Modi's Day 2 in Gujarat.

New Delhi, October 8, 2017 | UPDATED 08:24 IST
PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat (PTI photo)PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat (PTI photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will wrap up his two-day visit to his home state of Gujarat. On Saturday, Modi launched a number of projects and symbolically sounded the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll bugle for Gujarat, which goes to the polls later this year.

He began his trip with a focus on the revision brought to the Goods and Services Tax regime by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. "Today, everywhere it is being said that Diwali has come 15 days ahead due to the decisions taken in the GST Council (on Friday). I am happy," Modi said.

Today, the prime minister will first visit Vadnagar, his birthplace, where he is scheduled to inaugurate a medical college and hold a public meeting. He will later be in Bharuch, where he will flag off an express train to Bihar and hold another public meeting.

Here are the latest updates from PM Modi's second day in Gujarat:

  • PM Modi will leave Gandhinagar for Vadnagar at around 9.30 am.
  • Yesterday in Gandhinagar, PM Modi inaugurated a renovated wing of the Indian Institute of Technology. India cannot afford to have a digital divide, Modi had said there.