Thursday is going to be a politically hectic day for Uttar Pradesh with rallies and demonstrations by all the major parties except Bahujan Samaj Party being lined up in the run up to the lok Sabha polls.
The SP and BJP will hold public meetings in Bareilly and Agra respectively while the Congress will demonstrate in lucknowagainst non-implementation of Food Security Act in the state. The Rashtriya lok Dal (RlD) will hold state-wide agitation on the day against the problems of the cane farmers.
The ruling SP will hold a large ' Desh Bachao, Desh Banao' rally at Bareilly on the eve of the 75th birthday of its president Mulayam Singh Yadav. On this day Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is expected to announce some sops for the people of the state.
The next day, CM is all set to lay the foundation stone for the Chak Ganjaria scheme which will have a cancer centre, an IT hub and other projects at the outskirts of the state capital.
BJP's PM candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally at Agra, which the leaders claim would be the biggest in the state so far. This would be the fourth rally of Modi in the state during the past one month time.
This would be in fact the first time SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would be addressing rallies simultaneously.
Around 400 km south-east of Agra the Congress would stage protest against State Government in lucknow demanding implementation of Food Security Act. The Congress expects that over 50,000 party activists would from different parts of the state on November 21.
However, the same day in lucknow, around one lakh government teachers would stage protest over their long pending demands. The RlD will also show its strength by launching a 'Ghera Dalo, Dera Dalo' outside cane commissioner office in lucknow and in other places of the state. RlD president Munna Singh Chauhan said that party's general secretary and MP Jayant Choudhury is expected to lead the agitation in lucknow.