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PM Narendra Modi, along with BJP President Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, addressed a rally here in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Addressing party workers at the Karyakarta Mahakumbh, PM Modi said that the Congress was looking for support outside the country after failing to firm up a formidable coalition within India.
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Karyakarta Mahakumbh (grand assembly of party workers) being held on the occasion of birth anniversary of Hindutva icon and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) co-founder Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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BJP chief Amit Shah speaks at the event in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
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The event was held at Jambooree Maidan in the BHEL locality in Bhopal.
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The venue has been named as 'Atal Mahakumbh Parisar' in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away in New Delhi in August.
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Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesman Sarvesh Tiwari said that it was the "world's largest congregation of political workers."
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PM Modi arrived at the Bhopal airport around noon and reached the venue in a helicopter along with other BJP leaders to avoid inconvenience to people.
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Some party workers wore masks resembling faces of PM Narendra Modi and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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An exhibition hall named after BJP leader and former Union minister, late Anil Madhav Dave, had also been set up at the rally site.
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The party booked nine special trains from different parts of the state to bring BJP workers for the event.
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Nearly 22 senior IPS officers had been deployed to coordinate security details at the event.
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Inspector General (IG) Bhopal Jaideep Prasad said that adequate security arrangements were made for the Prime Minister's visit by deploying nearly 6,000-strong force, including 4,000 personnel from the central and reserve forces.
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PM Narendra Modi addresses the party leaders at the event, says the party which has an army of workers like these who have no other dream apart from working for the nation, that party is destined to win elections.
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Mocking the Congress, PM Modi said the party has been reduced to such a condition that it is "begging" with small parties for alliances.
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The BJP had set up 45 LED screens, constructed five helipads, an exhibition hall spread across one lakh square feet.
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