The day Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched his Samajwadi Vikas Rath Yatra, the State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party showcased the modified bus which would be ‘rath’ and a modified SUVs-which will be part of Parivartan yatra to start from November 5.
BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya presented the rath before media and announced details of the four Parivartan yatras.
The first yatra will start from Saharanpur on November 5, followed by at next yatra at Jhansi on November 6, at Sonebhadra on November 8 and from Ballia on November 9. All the four yatras would end on December 24 in lucknow, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally on the eve of the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Maurya said each of the raths will carry common slogans written on buses equipped with hydraulic system that allows the roof to open as and when needed and provides a podium. The bus is painted saffron in colour with slogans like ‘Poorna bahumat, Sampoorna Vikas, Bhajapa par hai vishwas’ and ‘Roz hatya aur balatakar, mahila suraksha poori bekar.’
A separate VVIP chair, which has a microphone fitted on it has been designed specially for the prominent leader who leads the yatra at a constituency.
The rath carries pictures of PM Narendra Modi and BJP national chief Amit Shah on the rear and pictures of Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Union minister for Ganga rejuvenation Uma Bharti, Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises Kalraj Mishra and UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The yatras will be flagged off by national BJP chief Amit Shah from each of the four places and UP BJP chief Maurya would accompany him at all the four places. The fully air-conditioned bus has a toilet and a meeting space for five to six people on board. The bus also has facility of global positioning system and laptop and mobile charging facility on board.
Maurya said that people want change and through these rath we will be able to connect with masses. We will tell them about policies of Union Government and highlight mis-governance in Akhilesh raj, he said.