Shops shut near Hyderabad’s Charminar ahead of Amit Shah’s visit
Hyderabad: Shops remained closed, and security arrangements were strengthened around Charminar in the Old City of Hyderabad ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the Bhagyalakshmi Temple on Monday, November 2.
Shah is scheduled to offer prayers at the temple before taking part in a BJP padayatra as part of the party’s campaign against what it describes as the Congress’s false narrative on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The foot march is scheduled to begin on Monday afternoon from the Babu Jagjivan Ram statue in Basheerbagh and end at Mozamjahi Market.
Shops remained shut and security was tightened near Charminar ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Bhagyalakshmi Temple in Hyderabad's Old City.
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Amit Shah to lead BJP padayatra in Hyderabad
After completing the temple visit, Shah will join the procession and address a gathering at Mozamjahi Market.
Lawyers, doctors, intellectuals, thousands of BJP workers and members of the public are expected to take part in the march.
Amit Shah’s Hyderabad visit comes a day after the INDIA bloc held a rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday, November 1, where opposition leaders targeted the BJP over allegations of vote theft.
INDIA bloc targets BJP over vote theft allegations
At the Delhi rally, the INDIA bloc called for the BJP to be removed from power over its ‘vote chori’ allegations.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would be removed from office and jailed for treason. He also claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah would not escape legal action.
Shah is expected to respond to the opposition’s allegations during his visit to Hyderabad.
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