Modi to address 20 rallies, first on Mar 7; BJP plans over 800 rallies
The BJP is set to roll out a mega campaign blitzkrieg in poll-bound West Bengal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the State on March 7 to address his first public rally after announcement of poll dates by the Election Commission.
Apart from Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda are likely to share about 100 public rallies among them in the poll-bound Bengal, BJP sources said.
Out of at least 800 rallies to be addressed by the national BJP leaders in the State, the Prime Minister will address 20, party sources said. Sources also said that the PM’s Brigade Ground rally would also be attended by the people from across the country from as far as Uttarakhand.
The Home Minister and the BJP president are likely to address 50 rallies each in the State which goes to eight-phase polls for its 294 seats.
Chief Ministers of the BJP-ruled States, all key Central Ministers and a number of BJP MPs are to descend down on Bengal to give power to the party’s campaign.
The party is also trying to draw some of the Bollywood stars to match TMC’s glamour, colour and the punch.
Besides 20-odd rallies in West Bengal, beginning March 7, the Prime Minister will hold at least six public rallies in Assam where the BJP is confident of victory for the second time.
Modi would focus in north and middle Bengal where party had fared well as also in southern part which is a TMC stronghold.
There could always be more rallies by the Prime Minister “if the situation demands”, sources said while pointing out that he is in demand in other States too.
The Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front has already had their electoral “Brigade-show” of strength on February 28.
In the run-up to the Sunday rally, party workers are holding corner meetings to invite people to the rally. BJP workers from other BJP-ruled States too are extending their helping hand to make the Sunday Parade Ground show at Kolkata a grand success.
The elections for the 294 Assembly seats in West Bengal will begin on March 27. The State is going to witness eight-phase Assembly polls this year.
In Assam, the Assembly elections shall be held in three phases beginning from March 27 with the final round of voting taking place on April 6.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday attacked the Mamata Banerjee Government for allowing love jehad and cow smuggling in the State.
Yogi, who was speaking at a rally near Bulbulchandi in Malda district said how rampant cases of “love jehad is happening in Bengal with the State Government allowing that to happen.”
The UP Chief Minister who promised to stop all that anomalies if the BJP came to power in Bengal said, “In UP we have made a law against love jehad and have brought the menace under control… but in Bengal the Trinamool Congress is allowing this to happen.”
Wednesday, 03 March 2021 | PNS | New Delhi
