Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during a roadshow, for Lok Sabha polls, in Mumbai On May 15Credit: Photo Mumbai: Amid chants and cheers of ‘Modi-Modi-Modi’, ‘fir-ek-baar…Modi-sarkaar’, ‘abki baar-charsau paar’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a grand roadshow in the financial capital of Mumbai on Wednesday evening.

This was the first-ever road show by Modi in Mumbai.Mumbai and the larger Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR) accounts for 10 Lok Sabha seats of the 48 constituencies
in Maharashtra.

BJP supporters and Modi admirers were seen carrying posters, banners and placards Ram Mandir and the achievements of 10 years of the BJP-led government at the Centre.
The Spirit of Mumbai and the financial capital’s ethos were reflected in the road show.

Modi began his road show in Ghatkopar after garlanding a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the legendary Maratha warrior.

In the vehicle which traversed in a stretch of Mumbai, Modi was accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is the Shiv Sena chief leader and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a BJP stalwart.

However, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is the NCP President, was not present.
As part of the mission to get 400-plus seats, the BJP and its allies have set a goal of 45-plus seats from Maharashtra, which sends the highest chunk of Lok Sabha members after 80 of Uttar Pradesh.