LUCKNOW, 16 February, 2021 (TON): On Tuesday, PM Modi is to lay the foundation stone of a statue of a warrior king, Suheldev, an icon of the Rajbhar community on his birth anniversary in Bahraich.

The PM will address the people virtually and disclose the programs to beautify the Shravasti, Chittora Lake, and Bahraich on the occasion and also to develop various tourist amenities.

The event will be attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel in Bahraich.

The Modi government has taken a number of steps to honor Suheldev in order to consolidate its position in the Rajbhar community, as in February 2016, the BJP leader Amit Shah had unveiled a statue of Suheldev and also launched a book on him in Bahraich district near the Indo-Nepal border.

The central government had also released a postal stamp, and run a superfast train -- 'The Suheldev Express'. The tri-weekly train covers the breadth of India's most populous state and runs from Ghazipur in Purvanchal to Anand Vihar in Delhi.

After the SBSP (Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party) alliance broke with the BJP last year, the Yogi government had been chalking out plans to commemorate the warrior’s contribution to national unity and also reaching out to the Rajbhar community.