10 lakh BJP workers from 65,000 polling booths spread across 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh are expected to gather for 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' at Jambooree Maidan in Bhopal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega congregation of Madhya Pradesh BJP workers during his visit to Bhopal on Tuesday, an event which comes just ahead of the Assembly polls in the state.
The event, 'Karyakarta Mahakumbh' (grand assembly of party workers), to be held at Jambooree Maidan in the BHEL locality, will also be addressed by BJP president Amit Shah.
An estimated 10 lakh party workers from 65,000 polling booths spread across 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh will take part in the programme, Rajnish Agrawal, a state BJP spokesman, said.
The event is being held on the occasion of birth anniversary of Hindutva icon and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) co-founder Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. It will be the "world's largest congregation of political workers," another state BJP spokesman Sarvesh Tiwari said.
Security has been heightened in the state capital ahead of the prime minister's visit.
"We have made adequate security arrangements for the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday by deploying nearly 6,000-strong force, including 4,000 personnel from the central and reserve forces," Inspector General (IG) Bhopal Jaideep Prasad told PTI.
Nearly 22 senior IPS officers have been deployed to coordinate security details, he said.
The event is scheduled to begin at 10 AM with a musical concert of singer Kailash Kher.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, party organisational general secretary Ramlal and central and state ministers and other senior leaders will attend the congregation.
An exhibition hall named after BJP leader and former union minister late Anil Madhav Dave has also been set up at the rally site.
The exhibition venue will showcase the journey and works of BJP stalwarts, including former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Modi and Chouhan.
In the exhibition, BJP and BJS stalwarts - Upadhyaya, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Vajpayee, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia and Kushabhau Thakre - have been depicted as the five strong pillars of the BJP, Agrawal said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), established in 1980, is the successor party of the BJS.
The party has booked nine special trains from different parts of the state to bring BJP workers for the event, Agrawal said.
Along with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will also go to polls by the year-end.
Modi and Shah, two star poll campaigners of the BJP, will be in Bhopal days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited the state capital.
Gandhi held a roadshow and later addressed Congress workers and office-bearers during his September 17 visit.
Both the national parties are in poll campaign mode in the state, where the BJP is in power since 2003.
While the saffron outfit will seek a fourth straight term in office in the year-end elections, the Congress will look to wrest power from the BJP in a state which was once its stronghold.
(With PTI inputs)
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