"PM Modi's visit is dedicated to Maharani Ahilyabai," says MP CM Mohan Yadav for PM's visit to Bhopal
ANI
31 May 2025, 12:38 GMT+10
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 31 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday said that his visit is dedicated to Maharani Devi Ahilybai Holkar.
PM Modi will address 'Mahila Sashaktikaran Mahasammelan' (Women Empowerment Convention) program on the occasion of the 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar in Bhopal on Saturday. The event is being held at Jamboree Maidan in the capital city.
Speaking to ANI, CM Yadav said, 'PM Modi will be here in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal very soon. It is our good fortune that the visit of the Prime Minister to Madhya Pradesh is dedicated to Maharani Ahilya Bai. Through Maharani Ahilya Bai, we want to fulfil our resolve of women empowerment, on the basis of which the people of the state and nation will be introduced to her glorious history... The way the Prime Minister is working, I believe that he is running his administration on the path shown by Maharani Ahilya Bai. The Madhya Pradesh government is resolved for the empowerment of the society along with the women and to bring out a new form of the state.'
A huge number of women have gathered at Jamboree Maidan in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mahila Sashaktikaran Mahasammelan' programme on the occasion of the 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar on Saturday.
The women are seen in traditional yellow and Sindoori (vermilion-coloured) sarees, waiting to attend the landmark event after the success of Operation Sindoor, which was the country's military retaliation to the brutal Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
On the occasion of the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilya Bai Holkar, PM Modi will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects. Additionally, the PM will virtually inaugurate the Indore Metro and the newly constructed airports in Datia and Satna from Bhopal on the occasion. (ANI)
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