LUCKNOW, Jan. 8 -- Defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh will visit his parliamentary constituency on Friday to inaugurate the Ashok Leyland Electric Vehicle (EV) factory in Sarojini Nagar.

The defence minister will arrive at Lucknow airport at 11:10 am on January 9, according to Lucknow City BJP president Anand Dwivedi. From the airport, he will proceed directly to the Ashok Leyland EV facility, where he will take part in the inauguration ceremony.

After the programme, Singh will leave the venue at around 1:30 pm for the Lucknow airport and is scheduled to depart for New Delhi at 1:45 pm. The inauguration of the EV manufacturing plant is seen as a significant step towards boosting industrial development and electric mobility in...