Gearing up to make the Fateh Rally of Gujarat Chief Minister and NDA’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi the “largest political rallies ever held in India”, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance is looking at the attendance of five lakh people.
The rally, to be held at Jagraon in ludhiana district on December 21, was to be attended by who’s who of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), including former Deputy Prime Minister lK Advani, BJP national president Rajnath Singh, among others. SAD president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday maintained that the Fateh Rally would “act as a game-changer for Indian politics with Punjabis set to host one of the largest political rallies ever held in India to
herald ascendancy of NDA prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the NDA in the country”. Addressing a joint meeting of SAD-BJP leaders, Sukhbir said: “The people of Punjab are eagerly waiting to witness this historic event as well as teach the inefficient and corrupt UPA Government a befitting lesson in the 2014 parliamentary elections.”
He said that the SAD patron and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Modi would address the rally respectively exactly from 1 pm onwards and asked the party rank and file to make arrangements accordingly. Besides, he also gave a wide range of instructions to the party rank and file including the need to ensure that normal traffic was not disrupted in the State on the day of the rally.
For the purpose, various committees, responsible for the arrangements like mobilising people to rally, arranging breakfast, lunch and tea, vehicle parking and pandal setup, among others, have been formed. While the names of heads of these committees were also announced by the SAD president, party secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema announced the names of members of these committee members, besides giving schedule for arrangements.
In addition, a coordination office, responsible for coordination between these committees, has also been established, and the task has been given to Charanjit Singh Brar, and Paramjit Singh Sindhwa. Also addressing the meeting, the state BJP president Kamal Sharma said that NDA has won the semi-final and Modi wave would help the alliance to sweep the forthcoming lok Sabha elections.
“This rally is named Fateh Rally as Modi is coming Punjab to get ‘Fateh blessings’ from this land of warriors. People of India were never so enthusiast to elect a person to the post of Prime Minister. Now, it is our duty to make this Fateh Rally a grand success on every aspect,” he added. Congratulating the leaders and workers for registering big victory in the recent Vidhan Sabha elections, Sukhbir extended special thanks to the party workers especially party’s Istri Wing for running a successful campaign to register party’s first victory in Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections.
Thanking the Delhi voters for expressing their faith in the party, Sukhbir said: “Victory on three out of four contested seats in the Delhi has encouraged the party to extend its base in other States.”