Rajnath, Nadda, Gadkari to attend Modi's Dharamsala rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh on Thursday to join in the celebrations to mark one year of the BJP government in the state. He will release a document highlighting the achievements of the government, an official statement said.

The Prime Minister will address a public rally in Dharamsala town in Kangra district. He will also interact with beneficiaries of government schemes. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his 11 ministers -- half of them first-timers -- took the oath of office on December 27 last year at a ceremony attended by Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

The swearing-in ceremony at the historic Ridge here was also attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, J.P. Nadda and Nitin Gadkari, besides the chief ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states, along with more than 30,000 party supporters from across the state. The BJP had secured a simple majority by winning 44 seats in the 68-seat state assembly.

(With inputs from agencies.)