Kozhikode (Kerala), April 5 Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in the Beypore assembly constituency on Sunday, where thousands of people turned out to greet the BJP leader during his campaign for the NDA ahead of the April 9 elections in the state.
Shah, who arrived at the Calicut airport here on Saturday evening, held the roadshow from Mathottam Bijith Junction to Naduvattom, with hundreds of BJP workers and supporters lining both sides of the route, carrying party flags and wearing saffron-colored headgear.
According to visuals on TV channels, people of all ages had been waiting for Shah's roadshow since early morning.
Shah, who arrived at Mathottam Bijith Junction around 11:20 am, got into a vehicle decorated with flowers and waved to the crowd on both sides of the road, who were holding cutouts of the senior BJP leader.
As the roadshow began, with the sound of drums, the home minister showered flowers on the people along the roadside, who were chanting slogans in favor of BJP, Shah, and other party leaders.
The senior BJP leader was accompanied by advocate K P Prakash Babu, the party's candidate from the Beypore constituency.
Shah shared visuals of the roadshow on his Facebook page and 'X' handle with the message: "Kerala stands with NDA for transparent governance."
Babu will be contesting against LDF's P A Mohamed Riyas, who is also the state PWD Minister, and Trinamool Congress leader P V Anwar, who is contesting as an independent candidate with UDF backing.
Throughout the day, Shah will hold public meetings in the Kunnathunad constituency in Ernakulam and Kattakkada in Thiruvananthapuram. He will also hold a meeting with party workers from across the state in the evening.
According to the home minister's itinerary, he will hold a roadshow in Haripad on Monday before returning to Delhi.