Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Akola, Jalgaon, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on March 5, where he will participate in election-related meetings and programmes organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, Mr. Shah’s visit holds strategic importance in the State which sends 48 MPs to the Lower House, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh with 80 seats.
On Tuesday, at 11 a.m. in Akola, the Home Minister will lead a meeting with the BJP’s election management committee and core committee. The focus will be on discussing the Lok Sabha constituencies of Chandrapur, Buldhana, Akola, Yavatmal, Wardha, and Amravati, Maharashtra BJP unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.