BJP’s presidential nominee, Ram Nath Kovind will visit Gujarat on Saturday as part of his nation-wide tour to seek support from elected representatives.
BJP president, Amit Shah and the party’s state in- charge, Bhupendra Yadav were also scheduled to reach Gujarat. But, they have canceled plan as they have to attend a programme in Delhi, Gujarat BJP chief, Jitu Vaghani said.
Now, Union minister, Nitin Gadkari and senior party leader, Kailash Vijayvargiya will accompany Kovind.
Kovind and Shah were to visit Gujarat on 11 July, but the party postponed the plan following the terrorist attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir. The incident killed seven pilgrims from Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Kovind will be received at the airport by Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani and several ministers and senior BJP leaders.
Kovind will then head to Gandhinagar, where he will hold a meeting. Gadkari and Vijayvargiya will also be present there.
Finally, all the three would leave for Delhi in the night.
