A galaxy of star campaigners, including BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, cine actors Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, will join the campaign trail for the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.
According to a BJP release, the party had submitted the list of campaigners to the Election Commission which include over three dozen names. Besides BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi other prominent campaigners include President Rajnath Singh, senior leaders lK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Murli Manohar Joshi, Venkaiah Naidu, Ravishankar Prasad and Shahnawaz Hussain.
Similarly the list includes BJP general secretary in charge for state Annath Kumar, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chhatisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, party vice president Uma Bharti, Arjun Munda, Smriti Irani, Hema Malini, Shtrughan Sinha, Kailash Joshi, Sundarlal Patwa, Thanwarchand Gehlot, Narendra Singh Tomar, Prabhat Jha, Phaggan Singh Kulaste, Vikarm Verma, Anil Madhav Dave, Satyanarayan Jatiya, Nandkumar Singh Chouhan, Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Dilip Singh Bhuria, Rakesh Singh, Prahlad Patel, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Sumitra Mahajan, Raghunandan Sharma, Maya Singh, Arvind Menon, Vinod Gotiya and Amardeep Mourya. After completion of nomination process on November 10, the BJP would go all out for an intensive campaigning for the 230 Assembly constituencies in the State, the sources added.
Party sources said that the national BJP office has given four days of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and asked the State BJP to prepare a programme of canvassing accordingly. He is likely to be in Madhya Pradesh on November 18, 20, 21 and 22.
Similarly, the national BJP president Rajnath Singh would be in the State on November 12, 15, 17 and 19. Similarly, BJP vice president and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharti would campaign onNovember 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20.