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| Mr Keshav Maurya, BJP State president;Union Home Minster, Raj Nath Singh;Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti; Union Minister Kalraj Mishra in Lucknow |
Suchit Bajpai; Lucknow
The
BJP’s first pre-poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh ends in a mega road show in the
state capital on Saturday afternoon when all four Parivartan Yatras—
starting from different parts of the state last month— conclude in the City of
Nawabs.
The event was
attended by party chain of command like Union minister Rajnath Singh, who will
join BJP national vice-president and state in-charge Om Mathur, Union Minister
Kalraj Mishra, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and state party chief
Keshav Maurya, who rode a modified Rath called ‘Vijay Rath’ towards Hazratganj
crossing.
Earlier, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was to address a Maha Parivartan rally in
Lucknow on Saturday, but the schedule of PM’s visit has changed and
now he will address a rally in the city on January 2.
The Parivartan
Yatra that started from Saharanpur on November 5 entered Lucknow from
Sitapur Road led by legislature party leader Suresh Kumar Khanna. The second
Yatra starting from Jhansi on November 6 arrived Lucknow via Hardoi Road led
by state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, while Union minister Kalraj Mishra Mishra
led the rally. the Yatra kicked off at Sonebhadra on November 8 and
entered Lucknow from Rae Bareli Road. Meanwhile, Uma Bharti headed the Yatra
that was started in Ballia on November 9 and reached Lucknow through
Faizabad Road.
All four Yatras joined
together at Moti Mahal lawns around 1 pm; and thereafter moves
towards Hazratganj crossing led by Rajnath Singh in a roadshow.
The Yatras was finally
ended at Hazratganj crossing, near the BJP state headquarters, where party leaders
garlanded the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Sardar Patel and Uda
Devi.
BJP’s Lucknow
Mahanagar unit had been directed to deck up crossings, bus stations, railways
stations and prominent places of public gathering in saffron to give people the
idea of a ‘wave of change’ in favour of the BJP. All party MPs, MLAs, state
office-bearers and national office-bearers from UP had been invited to the event.
Parivartan Yatra
convener and party national secretary Mahendra Singh has said that the rallies
have been very successful and the public had supported them by turning up in
large numbers to listen to leaders speak in all 403 Assembly constituencies.
In total, the four
Yatras continued for 192 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed
Parivartan rallies in all six divisions of the state. Besides, around 172
leaders, including almost all Union ministers and top BJP leaders participated
in these Yatras. BJP president Amit Shah had flagged off the four Yatras and
even addressed rallies at various points.
