BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will start election campaigning in Uttar Pradesh from Wednesday when he would address two rallies while the same day party’s national president Rajnath Singh will visit state capital after he was declared as party candidate from this constituency.
Modi will address an election meeting at Bulandshahr and Nagina (Reserved) seats. He will address around 40 election meetings in the state in next few days. He will address rallies in Amroha and Baghpat on March 29 and in Bareilly on April 1. Modi is yet to decide on his Varanasi visit, from where he is contesting. The process of filing nominations for the Varanasi seat, where polling will be held in the last phase on May 12, will begin from April 17.
Party state unit spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said Modi will try to cover as much constituencies as possible in the state. On the other hand party is gearing up to give a rousing welcome to Rajnath Singh on Wednesday. He will be in lucknow for three days. ''Singh will hold several rounds of meeting with BJP leaders of the state capital and also attend a meeting on March 27 at the RSS headquarters in Nirala Nagar. The BJP president is expected to return to New Delhi on March 28,'' Pathak said.