Modi to kick-start election campaign in UP next month
20 Sep 2013 11:25 PM GMT
BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will start the party’s general election campaign in Uttar Pradesh next month from the Congress bastions of Kanpur, Jhansi and Bahraich.
This would be Modi’s maiden visit to the state after his elevation as chairman of BJP’s central election campaign committee and his anointment as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate.
The Gujarat chief minister and party's national president Rajnath Singh are scheduled to address a rally in Kanpur on 15 October followed by another one at Jhansi on 25 October and in Bahraich on 8 November, BJP’s state chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.
All the three areas are considered to be Congress bastions, with two having representation in the UPA government.
While union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is MP from Kanpur, minister of state for rural development Pradeep Jain ‘Aditya’ is MP from Jhansi. Bahraich parliamentary constituency is also represented by Congress MP Commando Kamal Kishore.
Modi did not campaign in Uttar Pradesh during the state Assembly elections last year. Uttar Pradesh, with its 80 seats contributes about 15 per cent of the Lok Sabha’s 545 MPs.
This would be Modi’s maiden visit to the state after his elevation as chairman of BJP’s central election campaign committee and his anointment as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate.
The Gujarat chief minister and party's national president Rajnath Singh are scheduled to address a rally in Kanpur on 15 October followed by another one at Jhansi on 25 October and in Bahraich on 8 November, BJP’s state chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.
All the three areas are considered to be Congress bastions, with two having representation in the UPA government.
While union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is MP from Kanpur, minister of state for rural development Pradeep Jain ‘Aditya’ is MP from Jhansi. Bahraich parliamentary constituency is also represented by Congress MP Commando Kamal Kishore.
Modi did not campaign in Uttar Pradesh during the state Assembly elections last year. Uttar Pradesh, with its 80 seats contributes about 15 per cent of the Lok Sabha’s 545 MPs.
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