Thousands of people patiently waited for hours for the BJP president Rajnath Singh and showered flowers on his cavalcade as it rolled down through different thoroughfares of the city as party’s candidate from lucknow Parliamentary constituency held over 30 km long road show in the state capital on Sunday.
Accompanied by senior party leaders including lalji Tandon and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP candidate addressed six public meetings during and over a dozen impromptu meetings in his road show that passed through trans-Gomti area. However, due to hot weather, the BJP president was forced to sit inside a car after standing for over three hours on an open jeep along with the leaders. The BJP president was accompanied by over 100 two-wheelers and over 2000 people in the road show, which created traffic jam in the busy Indiranagar, Vikas Nagar and Gomti Nagar areas. The city traffic was thrown haywire as the cavalcade passed through busy market areas. BJP leader Dilip Srivastava said that in Bhootnath area Singh was welcomes at three places. They joined the cavalcade shouting slogans “Ab ki Bar Modi sarkar”
During his address Singh, assured the lucknowites that he will continue to serve the city, as done by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and lalji Tandon. “I will fulfill the dreams of Atal ji and will make lucknow a modern city having IT hub where youth can find jobs easily,” he said. Singh is expected to hold a similar road show in the old city area on Monday.