Political activities in Uttar Pradesh is set to gain momentum in the coming week with BJP to host a rally of Narendra Modi in Gorakhpur, Samajwadi Party to organise a rally in Varanasi and the Congress to hold election committee meeting in the State capital.
The political parties in the state have already gone in an active mode for the lS elections when Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) held a massive rally in the state capital on January 15 last, on the 58th birthday of its pary president Mayawati. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address a sixth " Vijay Sankhnad rally" in Gorakhpur on January 23. The rally to be held at the Fertiliser Factory ground and it will be important for the BJP as it will be held in the fortress of firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath.
Modi had addressed his last rally in UP in Varanasi on December 20. BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said that the Gorakhpur rally would be an historic one with over 3 lakh people expected to attend it. The ruling Samajwadi party is also expected to hold a rally on the same day, January 23, in Varanasi where party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav would be the main speakers.
The UP Congress is also holding a demonstration in Meerut on January 21 over the deteriorating law and order situation in UP besides over the pending dues of the sugarcane farmers. AICC eneral secretary and in-charge of UP Madhusudan Mistri and UP president Nirmal Khatri will lead the demonstration along with other leaders, confirmed UP Congress spokesperson Amarnath Agarwal.
On the other hand Congress will also hold the maiden meeting of the newly constituted 24 member UP election committee headed by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi here on January 22. However, Gandhi would not attend the first meeting and it would be chaired by AICC general secretary and in-charge of UP Madhusudan Mistri. The meeting will decide on the names of the candidates for the lok Sabha elections.
On January 23, Congress will also organise a meeting of the youth Congress and NSUI along with their Parliamentary heads and district presidents to have an interactive session over leadership development.