Narendra Modi, Netanyahu start roadshow in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, Jan 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli partner Benjamin Netanyahu left on an eight-km long roadshow from the airport to Sabarmati Ashram here today.

Subsequent to touching base in Modi's home state, the two pioneers alongside the Israeli prime minister's wife Sara Netanyahu set out in an auto from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport here.

The roadshow will end at the Sabarmati Ashram in the wake of covering a separation of 8 kms.

Around 50 phases have been raised on the roadside along the extend to exhibit exhibitions by troupes of various states to welcome the visitors, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's standing committee chairman Pravin Patel earlier said.

The city, particularly the extend from the air terminal to the Sabarmati Ashram, has been decked up to welcome Netanyahu and his wife.

The Israeli PM is the third universal pioneer whom Modi is facilitating in his home province of Gujarat.

Modi and Japanese chief Shinzo Abe had held a joint roadshow amid the last's visit here in September a year ago. The Indian chief had indicated Abe and his significant other around at the Sabarmati Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi had remained for quite a while.

They had likewise invested some energy at the Sabarmati Riverfront, created amid Modi's residency as Gujarat boss clergyman.

Modi had additionally went with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his mate to the riverfront amid the last's India visit in 2014.