President Murmu, Amit Shah, Nitin Nabin to visit Haryana from Nov 1: full schedule

Chandigarh. Haryana is preparing for a busy week of high-security VIP visits. President Droupadi Murmu will be in Kurukshetra on Sunday, November 1, to mark Haryana Day, which this year is the state’s 60th foundation day. BJP national president Nitin Nabin will be in Rohtak the same day. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Karnal and Ambala on Thursday, November 5.

The state government, district administrations and the BJP organisation are all preparing for the three visits. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is reviewing the arrangements himself. The police department is holding meetings with officers and issuing security instructions.

President Murmu’s Kurukshetra schedule

The President has three events in Kurukshetra on Sunday:

– 9 am: She will visit the Shaktipeeth Devikoop Bhadrakali temple. After offering prayers, she will untie a *mannat* (vow) thread. Devotees tie the thread when making a wish and untie it once the wish is fulfilled.

– 9:50 am: She will visit Kurukshetra University.

– 11 am: She will attend a programme at the Gurukul.

She is scheduled to leave at 12:50 pm.

A visit to Panipat had also been planned. Officials announced on October 29 that it had been put off.

Nitin Nabin in Rohtak on Haryana Day

Nabin will land at the Baba Mastnath University helipad on Sunday morning. At 10 am, he will address a gathering at the CR Polytechnic ground. He will then join the BJP’s “Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao” (Save Democracy, End Anarchy) padyatra. Several senior party leaders are expected to attend.

The BJP has been holding a series of meetings to get ready for his visit. MLAs, office-bearers and workers from Rohtak and five to six nearby districts are taking part. State BJP president Dr Archana Gupta is leading these meetings.

Amit Shah’s Karnal padyatra and Ambala memorial

On November 5, Shah will join the same “Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao” padyatra in Karnal at 10 am. The march will start from Sector 12 and end at Mahatma Gandhi Chowk. CM Saini, Union minister Manohar Lal and other senior BJP leaders will walk with him.

Shah will then travel to Ambala Cantonment. There he will open the state’s tallest martyrs’ memorial, built to honour the heroes of the 1857 uprising. After the opening, he will address a rally at Gandhi Maidan.

On Thursday, CM Saini and cabinet minister Anil Vij visited the Ambala venue together to check the arrangements.

Quick look: VVIP visits in Haryana

– Nov 1 (Sunday): President Droupadi Murmu in Kurukshetra

– Nov 1 (Sunday): BJP chief Nitin Nabin in Rohtak

– Nov 5 (Thursday): Amit Shah in Karnal and Ambala