Chandigarh, July 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city on Friday for the inauguration of major infrastructure projects in and around the city has come as a boost for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) elections scheduled for December this year.

This would be the PM's fourth visit to the city since 2014 and the second after winning the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

It has galvanised the party cadre, which has launched a 'Swachhta Se Swagat' (welcome through cleanliness) campaign, to spruce up the city while also seeing it as an opportunity for public outreach before the civic polls.

As part of the campaign, senior office-bearers and leaders of the BJP's Chandigarh unit visite...