PM Modi pays tribute to 1998 Coimbatore serial blast victims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tribute to the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts victims. Explosions claimed the lives of 58 people in a series of 9 bomb blasts in the city in Tamil Nadu. 

PM Modi held a roadshow in Coimbatore on Monday, amid non-stop chants of 'Modi, Modi' by BJP workers and the playing of traditional music to welcome him. The roadshow, amid tight police security, comes days after the Madras High Court green-flagged the event, directing the police to allow it with



reasonable conditions. The police had initially refused permission, citing reasons including the "communally sensitive" nature of the area, and the ongoing public exams. 

All along the about 2.5 km route, from Saibaba Colony to RS Puram in downtown Coimbatore, Modi's vehicle slowly made its way amid chants of  "Meendum Modi, Vendum Modi," (Once again Modi, we want Modi)". Performances of folk dance and traditional music energised the cadres who performed on traditional music along the roadshow.