Lucknow, Jan. 9 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh and chief minister Yogi Adiyanath will inaugurate Ashok Leyland's Electric Vehicle (EV) plant in the state capital in the presence of Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and H.D. Kumaraswamy in Lucknow on Friday.

The plant has been established in the Sarojini Nagar Extension-1 industrial area, formerly the Scooters India site.

Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna, industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi', transport minister Daya Shankar Singh and Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh will also be present at the event.

Senior representatives from Ashok Leyland, including chairman Dheeraj Hinduja and managing director and ...