Realising that Uttar Pradesh is crucial for the party, senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, will criss-cross the state in the next few days, holding rallies and launching the ambitious PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme.
Modi will be visiting the state twice. On February 24, he will be visiting Gorakhpur to launch the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana on the concluding day of BJP’s Kisan Morcha convention and later he will visit Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.
Four days later, on February 28, the Prime Minister will interact with youths of Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing from New Delhi and on March 3, Modi will address a public meeting in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
On the other hand, Amit Shah will be visiting UP twice this month — on Saturday and on February 26. On Saturday morning, Shah will attend a function of Co-operative Bank in Lucknow and later visit Gorakhpur the same evening. On February 26, Shah is scheduled to visit Ghazipur.
In Gorakhpur, Shah will inaugurate the national convention of Kisan Morcha while in Ghazipur, the BJP president will attend Kamal Jyoti programme.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will also be visiting his parliamentary constituency Lucknow for two days from Sunday. He will inaugurate many development projects and address a BJP workers’ meet of Awadh region. He will leave for New Delhi on Monday evening.