PM Modi offers prayers at Somnath Temple

New Delhi, Nov 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Somnath temple in poll-bound Gujarat.

He offered prayers at the lord Shiva Temple. Later, he will address rallies in the Saurashtra region. Venues have been finalised at Veraval, Dhorarji, Amreli and Botad.

It has to be noted that the BJP had failed to win a single seat in Saurashtra's constituencies in the previous election.

BJP won the state polls but couldn't breach this bastion that has traditionally voted for Congress.

Meanwhile, on November 21, PM Modi will hold three rallies in Surendranagar, Bharuch and Navsari.

Bharuch was the constituency of the former Congress tall man Ahmed Patel in the past, the BJP state president CR Patil who hails from Navsari has been winning this Lok Sabha seat with huge margins.

On the other hand, Congress Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi is also expected to visit Navsari on November 21, the same day that PM Modi is expected to be in Navsari.

The PM is likely to have a closed-door meeting with the state leaders during his stay here to further boost the party in the western state.

Gujarat will go to polls in two phases on December 1 and 5 with the counting of votes on December 8 along with that of Himachal Pradesh. Of the total 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat, voting for 89 seats will be held on December 1 and the balance 93 seats on December 5.

With inputs from agency