Gujarat Elections 2022: PM Modi offers prayers at Somnath Temple
By Benson | Published: November 20, 2022 05:00 PM2022-11-20T17:00:08+5:302022-11-20T17:00:08+5:30
Next 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached the Somnath temple to offer prayers.
PM Modi who is in poll-bound Gujarat this weekend is expected to participate in at least eight programmes crisscrossing the state from Saurashtra to Surat.
The Prime Minister is also the Chairman of the Somnath trust.
PM Modi is scheduled to address four rallies in the Saurashtra region. Venues have been finalised at Veraval, Dhorarji, Amreli and Botad.
A video - tweeted by news agency ANI - showed PM Modi offering prayers at the iconic Somnath temple. He also greeted the community of priests. Visuals also showed him offering prayers at the shrine.
This comes a day after he held a gathering in Valsad on Saturday evening; and held a roadshow. Eight rallies - over a span of three days - have been scheduled as the BJP prepares for a return in the state where it has been ruling for more than two decades
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda are also in Gujarat, which votes in two phases, for campaigning. Polling will be held in Gujarat on December 1 and December 5; and votes will be counted on December 8.
