Lok Sabha polls | PM Modi leads roadshow in Palakkad in scorching summer heat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took out a roadshow in Palakkad town in Kerala, infusing enthusiasm and excitement in thousands of BJP workers who greeted him from both sides of the road.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took out a roadshow in Palakkad town in Kerala on March 19 (Tuesday) morning, infusing enthusiasm and excitement in thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who greeted him from both sides of the road.

It was Mr. Modi’s second visit to Kerala within a week as part of the BJP’s Lok Sabha election campaign. He had addressed a BJP rally in Pathanamthitta on March 15.

BJP leaders said Mr. Modi would come to Kerala again to campaign for the party’s key candidates in April.

The helicopter carrying the Prime Minister landed at Mercy College ground here at 10.20 a.m. His motorcade reached near the Municipal building by 10.40 a.m. He boarded an open vehicle bedecked with yellow and orange flowers in front of the Municipal building, which was the first urban civic body in Kerala to have the BJP in power.

The roadshow started at 10.45 a.m. from Anjuvilakku junction and proceeded along the heavily barricaded Court Road towards the Head Post Office.

Daring the scorching heat, thousands of BJP workers lined up on both sides of the road from early morning to have a glimpse of the Prime Minister. In a frenzy, they cheered “Modi, Modi” as he passed by them.

Wearing a white half-sleeve cotton kurti with a black lotus badge on the chest and a shawl with black borders hanging around his neck, Mr. Modi sported a saffron cap with a patch of embroidery on it. The cap designed by the Gujarat wing of the BJP is becoming popular among the BJP leaders and workers and is being branded as Modi cap.