With Uttar Pradesh likely to hold the key to the 2019 general elections, the BJP has gone full throttle with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah scheudled to visit parts of the state this weekend to invigorate party workers and showcase achievements of the government.
The PM has already addressed five public rallies in the state in the past one month and now he would be in lucknow on Saturday and Sunday to attend different programmes related to urban development and industries.
On the other hand, BJP chief Amit Shah, who held region-wise meetings in Mirzapur and Agra beside reviewing party organsation at Varanasi early this month, will visit Allahabad on July 27 to meet saints and party cadres in view of the 2019 polls.
State BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak confirmed the visit of Shah to Allahabad saying that he would have a busy schedule during the Allahabad visit.
A report from Allahabad said that Shah would attend Ganga Aarti at Sangam, visit Allahabad Fort and Hanuman temple on the banks of Ganga during his visit. The BJP chief would hold a meeting with the Akhara Parishad chief Mahant Narendra Giri at Baghambari Mutt
in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Meanwhile in lucknow, authorities are working round the clock to beautify the city for the PM’s weekend visit. Modi would be reaching lucknow on Saturday around 430 pm and was scheduled to attend a programme of Urban development ministry at Indira Gandhi Pratishtan.
The PM would retire for the at Raj Bawan where in the evening, he would meet senior party leaders from UP.
On Sunday, Modi will attend a progamme of Industry department and lay the foundation of around 70 projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore for which MoUs were signed during Investors Meet in February.
Top industrialists of the country including Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Kumar Manglam Birla along with representatives of business houses would be present at the function.
The PM will return to Delhi late on Sunday afternoon after having lunch with the industrialists.