Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar would be visiting Uttar Pradesh on Friday to seek vote for the July 17elections.
According to Congress spokesperson Amarnath Agarwal, Ms Kumar would reach lucknow on Friday morning and will be later meeting Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati at 11:30 am in her residence. Thereafter she will meet Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav at the SP party office at 1pm.
later she would be meeting the Congress MlAs and some Rajya Sabha members at the state Congress office at 2:30pm. The lone Rashtriya lok Dal (RlD) MlA Sahender Singh Ramala is also expected to meet Ms Kumar at the Congress office.
later at 4pm, Ms Kumar would be addressing a press conference at the Congress office before leaving for New Delhi at 6pm.
The NDA candidate and the only rival Ramnath Kovind, former Bihar governor, launched his election campaign from UP on June 25. Kovind is a native of Kanpur in UP while Ms Kumar, a former lok Sabha speaker is a native of Bihar.
Meanwhile, UP assembly has geared up for the Presidential polls on July 17. Principal Secretary (Assembly) and returning officer Pradeep Kumar Dubey said here on Thursday that all preparation has been done for smooth conduct of the polls on coming Monday between 10am to 5pm. Separate tables would be set up for voting for the MPs and the MlAs at Tilak Hall and after the polling, which will be done through traditional ballot papers, the ballot boxes would be flown to Delhi for counting.