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The Hindu Bureau

With Malkajgiri road show, Prime Minister Modi kicks off election campaign in Telangana

The country’s biggest parliament constituency of Malkajgiri was awash with saffron flags and festoons and gained national limelight when Prime Minister Narendra conducted the ‘Vijay Sankalp’ Road for almost an hour atop a flower bedecked vehicle kicking off the election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in Telangana on Friday evening.

Mr. Modi, sporting a saffron cap, received a grand reception for the show, which started almost an hour late. He was flanked by Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and party candidate Eatala Rajender when he began to acknowledge people’s greetings, waving to them with a smile.

The entire 1.5 km route was barricaded by the security personnel allowing only his cavalcade to move as people and partymen stood on the footpaths, on terraces, balconies, holding placards, filming on mobiles, shouting slogans in his name “Modi... Modi”... “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”...”Jai Sri Ram” and showering petals.

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