PM Narendra Modi visits Sabarmati Ashram, pays tribute to Gandhi's guru

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat for two days from Thursday during which he will attend a number of programmes in different areas and unveil some projects.

Modi tweeted that he would go to Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Modasa and Gandhinagar.

"My first two programmes will be in Sabarmati Ashram. I am looking forward to taking part in the centenary celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram," he said.

His second programme at the Ashram was meant to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Shrimad Rajchandraji, a Guru to Mahatma Gandhi.

"I will then travel to Rajkot where I will join the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir and interact with my Divyang (physically challenged) sisters and brothers. I shall attend a programme at Aji Dam, where there will be irrigation and water-related initiatives that will be dedicated to the nation," he in a series of tweets.

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Modi said on June 30 he would dedicate water supply schemes.

"Government of India is undertaking several initiatives to support the textiles sector, which is a source of employment for several Indians," he tweeted.

"On June 30 evening, I shall inaugurate the integrated sports and entertainment 'Arena Project'," he said.