Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal will resume his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ on August 26 from Rai Assembly constituency in Sonipat district.
The yatra was postponed for one day, due to demise of former Union Finance Minister and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Arun Jaitley. The yatra was to start from Rai assembly segment on August 25 (Sunday) and was postponed.
Haryana Government had announced to observe two days state mourning as a mark of respect to former Union Finance Minister.
Rajiv Jain, the media advisor of Chief Minister on Sunday said that the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ will resume at 9 am on Monday, during which the Chief Minister will cover seven assembly constituencies and 103 places.
During the yatra on Monday, the Chief Minister will visit seven places in Rai assembly segment, 23 places in Sonipat assembly constituency, six places in Kharkhoda assembly constituency, nine places in Garhi Sampla constituency, 19 places in Beri constituency, 20 places in Jhajjar constituency and 19 places in Bahadurgarh assembly seat.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had flagged off the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ on August 18 from Kalka near here. The BJP has announced “Mission 75” for the assembly elections scheduled to be held in October in Haryana.
Notably, the BJP had formed the government in Haryana for the first time in 2014 by bagging 47 of the state’s 90 assembly seats.
The saffron party had won all 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana and maintained its lead in as many as 79 assembly constituencies during the Lok Sabha polls 2019.