Modi Honors Icons: Ambedkar & Savarkar Tribute Before Mumbai Rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar at 'Chaityabhoomi' and V D Savarkar at his memorial in Mumbai. He then addressed an election rally at Shivaji Park, accompanied by CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, and Union minister Ramdas Athawale. The rally supported six Shiv Sena-BJP candidates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening paid floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar at 'Chaityabhoomi' and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar at his memorial in Mumbai before heading to Shivaji Park to address an election rally for the ruling 'Mahayuti' alliance.

Chaityabhoomi in Dadar, where Ambedkar was cremated, and Savarkar's memorial are located in close vicinity of the sprawling Shivaji Park Ground, the rally venue where Modi shared stage with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, a BJP ally.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar and Union minister Ramdas Athawale also attended the rally.

The campaign rally was held to seek votes for all the 6 Shiv Sena-BJP candidates in Mumbai which goes to polls on May 20 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.