The Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken an initiative for citizens travelling to the Konkan region from Mumbai on the occasion of the upcoming Ganesh festival.
Named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “Modi Express” will be organised for people to travel to the Konkan region free of cost ahead of the Ganeshotsav.
Taking it to Twitter, Rane released a video on Sunday afternoon, August 22, and announced that a special train ‘Modi Express’ is being organised this year to thank PM Narendra Modi for inducting senior BJP leader Narayan Rane in the recent cabinet expansion. The interested travellers will have to make reservations starting August 27, said BJP MLA Nitesh Rane.
“Every year I leave buses for Ganpati. But this year we are going to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has blessed Konkan by giving Narayan Rane a place in the Union Cabinet, so we are leaving the Modi Express for Ganesh Chaturthi to thank him,” he said.
This announcement came at a time when his father and union minister Narayan Rane’s Jan Ashirward Yatra was underway.
It is a gift for the residents of the Konkan region, as visiting their villages to celebrate the Ganesh festival is an annual ritual.
He also said around 1,800 travellers can travel in the Modi Express which will start from Dadar and stop at Kankavali, Vaibhavwadi and Sawantwadi. He added that the travellers will be served a meal during the journey.
Nitesh urged the people to approach the assigned party workers from Kankavali, Vaibhavwadi and Sawantwadi to reserve their seats.
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