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Modi to address rally in Saharanpur, BJP plans celebrations across India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh today to celebrate the completion of two years of BJP-led government at the Centre.

The BJP is also planning to convey its achievements to people through various programmes across the country. Tmodi will also address four more rallies in Balasore, and one each in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Meghalaya later on.

Senior union ministers including Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Suresh Prabhu, Najma Heptulla and JP Nadda and BJP functionaries are also going to visit different districts in Uttar Pradesh to inform the people about the government's programmes. It is notable that UP will go to polls next year.

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani will camp in Amethi today, the parliamentary constituency of Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi. She will inaugurate a health fair and distribute aid to the physically challenged in Amethi.

BJP patriarch LK Advani would address party workers and citizens in Ahmedabad as part of the two-year celebrations of the government.

On the eve of the second anniversary of the government, a meeting of Union Council of Ministers was chaired by the prime minister. It is learned that during the meeting Modi directed his ministerial colleagues to focus on carrying the programmes launched by his government to the grass roots.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the I&B; Ministry will organise a talk show "Zara Muskura Do" at India Gate to highlight the achievements of government. The government has roped in Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bacchan to host the show, which will last for five hours. The programme will comprise talk shows and some cultural programmes. The talk shows will highlight the achievements of two-year-old BJP-led government at the Centre.

The main panel discussion will be held before a live audience and will be telecast live across the country on Doordarshan. Short documentaries will also be beamed at the panel discussion.