Narendra Modi to launch Amma Scooter Scheme in Chennai

CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to fly down here on Saturday to personally launch the AIADMK Government's ambitious scheme of providing 50 per cent subsidy to working women to buy two-wheelers — a pet project of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Prime Minister’s attendance at the event will further consolidate Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's grip over the state government and the AIADMK. EPS is attaching prime importance to the event - to take place on 70th birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa on February 24.

Sources said Modi is likely to land in Chennai Saturday afternoon, attend the state government's event and proceed to Puducherry for participating in the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Aurovile on Sunday.