Chennai, Jan. 1 -- union Home Minister and top BJP leader Amit Shah will visitTamil Nadu on January 4 and 5 as the state gears up for the Assembly elections,due to 4 months time.

Confirming this, BJP sources told UNI on Thursday that at a time poll preparednessacross the state have intensified. Mr Amit Shah's visit is viewed as part of the BJP'sbroader strategy to strengthen its presence and strengthen NDA by inducting inmore like-minded parties.

Mr Amit Shah will participate in the concluding day of BJP State President andLegislature Party Leader Nainar Nagendran's state wide yatra at Pudukottai andaddress a public meeting at Pududkottai.

BJP TN elections in-charge and union Minister Piyush Goyal is also likely toattend the event, thoug...