PM in South India: Modi begins speech in Telugu, invokes poet Gurram Jashuva

Guntur, Feb 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for Krishnapatnam Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) coastal terminal project in Guntur.

PM Modi began his speech in Telugu and invoked poet Gurram Jashuva, freedom fighter Vavilala Gopalakrishna and Nayudamma, a doyen of medical science, who all hailed from Guntur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Guntur in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) southern campaign where it faces a tall order to increase its footprints in four out of five states.