Amit Shah

Shah will arrive in Jammu at around 10.30 a.m., following which he pay tribute to Syama Prasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary and then address a public rally in the city's Bhagwati Nagar area. Later, he will meet BJP leaders and take their feedback on the ground situation in Jammu. Shah is also likely to visit Shri Tirupati Balaji Temple on the outskirts of the city.

Speaking to reporters at the Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, Siddaramaiah said that he had requested Amit Shah "not to play politics or carry out politics of hatred with regards to the supply of rice to the poor in Karnataka". "The matter of FCI giving a commitment letter to supply rice and the act of cancelling it the very next day has been brought to his notice.

He announced the establishment of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) regional office in Amritsar within a month to tackle the growing drug trafficking and menace in the state. Shah questioned the state government over its poll "guarantee" of giving Rs 1,000 per month to every adult woman.

Shah also urged Gandhi to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors, who, he noted, always upheld the nation's dignity. Addressing a rally at Siddhpur in Gujarat's Patan district, Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of persistently speaking against India, despite the country witnessing substantial changes under the Narendra Modi.

Polling for the three-tier panchayat system will be conducted on July 8, and the results will be announced on July 11. Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister were supposed to visit West Bengal as part of the party's nationwide outreach to celebrate nine years of Modi government.

The meeting is expected to lift the sagging morale of the party in the wake of shock defeat in Karnataka and prepare it for the Telangana Assembly polls due to be held in November-December. Shah's visit also comes amid the internal strife in the BJP with a section of leaders demanding a change in the state leadership and the party's failure to lure former MP Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy and former minister Jupally Krishna Rao to its fold.

Shah on Wednesday visited two more violence-hit districts -- Tengnoupal and Kangpokpi -- and held a series of peace talks with the leaders of various civil society organisations, influential leaders, and security officials.

Top officials in Imphal said that Shah might visit some mixed populated districts, including those along the Myanmar border. Immediately after his arrival, Shah held a meeting with the council of ministers headed by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and discussed the prevailing situation in Manipur.

While on one hand, the saffron party has prepared a "mega" plan to take the achievements of its nine-year tenure to the masses, on the other hand, to create a rift in the opposition unity, the party will also highlight the need for strong leadership across the country.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to dedicate the newly-constructed Parliament building to the nation on May 28, but the opposition is playing petty politics by boycotting the event," Shah said here. He claimed that the people of the entire country wanted that a new temple of democracy is built for the creation of a 'New India', where.