Puducherry, February 21 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the election-bound Puducherry on March 1, senior BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Surana has said.
Surana, the BJP in-charge for Puducherry, told reporters here on Friday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Karaikal recently and was given a warm welcome. The BJP leader's visit had sent a "very positive message among the people there".
Meanwhile, official sources said that PM Modi would launch several development projects during his visit, and the meeting would be held at the helipad ground in the neighboring town of Lawspet.
Surana said that preparations were being made to organize a grand welcome for Modi during his visit to the Union Territory.
The AINRC and BJP, which currently rule the UT, will also contest the upcoming elections as allies, and this alliance was reaffirmed during Home Minister Shah's visit to Karaikal on February 14.
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy and Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya were also present in the meeting with Shah, and the AINRC-BJP alliance will continue in the upcoming elections as well, Surana said.
Surana also said that a few other parties, including the Lakshiya Jananayaga Katchi, would join the NDA here, and talks were being held to accommodate the AIADMK as well.
"The AIADMK is part of the NDA in neighboring Tamil Nadu, and it will definitely be a part of the alliance in Puducherry as well," he said.