WATCH | BJP billboards glorifying guns, blood and war welcome PM Modi in Gujarat

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Gujarat, several billboards glorifying guns, blood and war have been put up outside Ahmedabad airport to welcome him.

The huge posters read: “Khoon se tilak karo, golion se aarti,” an anthem sung by RSS activists at its functions. While a billboard reads,“Khoon se tilak karo, golion se aarti,” an RSS anthem, other posters show soldiers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking at an Indonesian-made rifle.

“Na rukayga, na jhukayga... Khoon se tilak karo, golion se aarti. Posters with these lines put up on roads near Ahmedabad airport to welcome Prime Minister Modi as he visits the town,” a local journalist Prashant Kumar posted on Twitter on Sunday.

The huge posters also reads BJP’s new slogan for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections: “Phir ek baar Modi sarkar (once again Modi government)”.

Modi is scheduled to launch the Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan Yojana (PM-SYM) and inaugurate the first phase of 6-km-long Ahmedabad Metro service in Gujarat.

Official sources said the prime minister would also lay the foundation stone for Umiya Dham temple complex during his visit, PTI reported.

In Jamnagar, Modi will also lay foundation stones of railway projects including conversion of rail tracks to broad gauge and flag off the Bandra-Jamnagar Humsafar Express.

From Jamanagar, he will reach Ahmedabad and attend a grand function for the Umiya Dham temple complex.

As part of the metro rail commissioning programme, he will lay the foundation of the 28.28 kilometre second phase of the Ahmedabad Metro and also travel some distance on the phase 1 stretch.

Following this, the PM will dedicate to the nation various hospitals built in Ahmedabad region, including Women Children & Super Specialty Hospital, Cancer Hospital, Eye Hospital and Dental Hospital.

On Tuesday, Modi will visit the Annapurna Dham Trust in Adalaj, Gandhinagar where he will lay the foundation stones of Shikshan Bhavan and Vidhyarthi Bhavan.

The prime minister will then go to Vastral here to launch PM-SYM, a voluntary and contributory pension scheme for workers in unorganised sector with a monthly income of up to Rs 15,000.