In a bid to woo the migrant vote bank ahead of the State Assembly elections, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo lalu Prasad Yadav along with his wife Rabri Devi would come to Rewari to address poll meetings in favour of Haryana Irrigation Minister and Congress nominee from Rewari Capt Ajay Singh Yadav.
Being an industrial centre, Rewari is a home to a significant number of migrant labourers from states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. As per estimates, presently there are around 10 thousand migrants who are registered as voters in Rewari assembly segment, which is why, political parties don’t want to leave anything to chance and are making all efforts to woo them.
“lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi are coming to Rewari to address public meetings in Dhaaruhera town on October 5 to seek votes for me. Since lalu is a mass leader hence his visit would definitely give a boost to my election campaign,” said Capt Yadav whose son Chiranjeev Rao is the son-in-law of lalu Yadav. Sources said since most of the migrant labourers working in various industrial units located at Dhaaruhera and surrounding area reside in Dhaaruhera town of Rewari constituency hence the meeting has been convened there so as to woo large number of voters.”lalu and Rabri are likely to use their local dialect while addressing the poll meetings to impress the migrant labourers,” said the sources.