Narendra Modi arrives in M.P. to inaugurate power units

The Prime Minister greets Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on his birthday

New Delhi,08/07/2013: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arriving to attend the BJP Parliamentary Board Meeting at BJP Headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, July 08,2013. Photo:R_V_Moorthy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Indore on Thursday en route to Khandwa district where he will inaugurate two units each of 600 MW capacity of Singaji Thermal Power Project.

The Prime Minister was accorded a warm welcome at the airport by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

“Modiji wished the Chief Minister on the occasion of his 56th birthday,” Indore Mayor Malini Gaud, who welcomed the Prime Minister on his arrival at airport, said.

Mr. Modi also wished Mr. Chouhan through twitter and described him as his “friend and a popular Chief Minister”.

“I wish the popular MP Chief minister and my friend @Chouhan Shivraj ji on his birthday. I wish him good health and long life,” he tweeted in Hindi.

MP के लोकप्रिय मुख्यमंत्री एवं मेरे मित्र, >@ChouhanShivraj ji को जन्मदिन पर शुभकामनायें। उनके अच्छे स्वास्थ्य और दीर्घायु की कामना करता हूँ।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) >March 5, 2015

Mr. Modi, along with Mr. Chouhan, later left for Khandwa.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the second phase of 2x660 MW unit at the thermal power project in Khandwa.