Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme in Chennai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Daman today where he will launch a number of development projects and hand over certificates to beneficiaries of various official schemes. He will also address a public meeting at the union territory. After his visit to Daman, Prime Minister Modi will travel to Tamil Nadu's Chennai where he will launch the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme - a welfare scheme by the State Government - on the eve of the birth anniversary of AIADMK supremo, J J ayalalithaa.
He is to visit Puducherry on Saturday where he will address a public meeting and also visit the Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville.
Here are the live updates of PM Modi's visit to Daman:
PM Modi lands in Daman where he will inaugurate various development projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Gujarat's Surat. He is to visit Daman later soon after.
Mr Panneerselvam, or OPS as he is called, had said that it was the nudge from PM Modi that led him to agree to the merged of the two factions created after J Jayalalithaa's death in December 2016.
PM Modi's visit comes days after Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam confirmed speculation that the BJP's top leadership, particularly PM Modi, had a role to play in the merger of the AIADMK's two factions; one led by him and another by Chief Minister E Palaniswami.
