NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting the southern state Kerala at the culmination of BJP's ongoing 'Vijaya Yatra' in the first week of March.

 To make its presence felt in the Kerala Assembly, the BJP is all set to deploy more union ministers and senior leaders from other parts of the country in the state. Polling for 140 seats Kerala Assembly will be held in a single phase on April 6.

Giving a boost to BJP campaign in Kerala, Metroman E. Sreedharan also officially joined the party on Thursday in presence of Union Minister R.K. Singh and BJP Kerala Chief K. Surendran.

BJP Kerala spokesperson Sandeep Vachaspati said "BJP has worked continuously among people and in Kerala assembly polls our party will surprise everyone.

On February 21, UP Chief Minister Adityanath flagged off the 'Vijaya Yatra' of Kerala BJP and Union Home Minister Shah will attend its culmination on March 7.

"Home Minister Amit Shahji will join the Kerala BJP workers on the culmination of Vijaya Yatra. Several senior national leaders and union ministers have participated in different legs of Yatra," Vachaspati said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also likely to address election rallies. "The Prime Minister came to Kerala earlier this month and he will come again to address election rallies after announcements of dates for assembly polls. A number of rallies the Prime Minister will address will be decided later," he said.

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