HYDERABAD: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay on Saturday directed party leaders to mobilise at least one lakh farmers for the public meeting to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ramagundam on November 12, after he dedicates the reconstructed Ramagundam Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd plant to the nation.
Sanjay, who held a preparatory meeting with BJP leaders from erstwhile Adilabad, Karimnagar and Warangal districts for the public meeting at the party office at Nampally, called upon the party workers to accord a grand welcome to the Prime Minister by decorating public places in all the Assembly constituencies and holding rallies to spread awareness of the significance of the event.
He asked the party workers to explain to farmers across the State about Rs 6,120 crore spent by the Centre on the reconstruction of the fertiliser plant and the benefits it brings to the farmers of not only Telangana but entire south India.
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