With a view to strike it big in the 2014 general elections in West Bengal, the BJP has decided to bring its star campaigner and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to hold a massive rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground.
Modi would hold a rally at Brigade Ground on February 5, State BJP president Rahul Sinha said adding the party was aiming at holding at least 100 rallies in the State.
The planned Brigade rally tended to reflect the seriousness with which West Bengal was being taken by the saffron outfit, insiders said adding it would be a challenge for the BJP to fill up the ground which had full capacity of 10-lakh-plus people.
“If we can do it we will surely come to the forefront in State fitting into the imagination of the people as a veritable alternative,” a senior leader said.
Apart from Modi, Central leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Shahnawaz Hussain, Dr MM Joshi would also hold rallies in various parts of the State. Sinha said the party was planning to hold a rally with its prime ministerial candidate in North Bengal as well.