Keeping the focus on Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two election meetings in Aligarh and Moradabad on April 14 and he will file his nomination papers from Varanasi on April 26, according to a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Aligarh will go to polls in the second phase and Moradabad in the third phase.
The BJP leader said that earlier the Prime Minister was slated to address a rally in Aligarh on April 11 but now the date had been shifted to April 14.
“The Prime Minister is expected to file nomination from Varanasi on April 26. BJP national president Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are likely to accompany Modi during filing of nomination. Later, the Prime Minister may hold a roadshow and also address a rally,” the senior leader said.
Meanwhile, BJP chief Amit Shah is expected to reach Lucknow on Monday evening. He will hold a meeting with senior party leaders to review the election preparedness in 16 Lok Sabha seats of Awadh region.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey, election in-charge UP and Union minister JP Nadda and BJP state general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal are expected to attend the meeting at the party state headquarters.
On Monday, BJP is also slated to release its poll manifesto in New Delhi.
During his two-day stay in Lucknow, Shah is also likely to address a press conference on April 9 before leaving for campaigning.
The Lok Sabha constituencies of Awadh region to be reviewed by Shah include Hardoi, Mishrikh, Kheri, Dhaurahra, Barabanki, Shravasti, Bahraich, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar, Mohanlalganj, Kaiserganj, Gonda, Sitapur and Unnao.
Except for Rae Bareli, the BJP had won all the of these seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi represents Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha.