BJP expects 10 lakh turnout at PMs rally today

January 02, 2017 08:33

An astounding 10 lakh people -- to be brought in 15,000 buses and 35,000 other vehicles -- are expected to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modis Parivartan Maharally in Lucknow on Monday in what is being tipped as the biggest political rally by him in a long time.

If the Bharatiya Janata Party manages the numbers, Modis rally at the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds could give a psychological edge over the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh -- the Bahujan Samaj Party led by four-time chief minister Mayawati.

The sheer numbers would be enough to unnerve Mayawati ji, said Brajesh Pathak, a former Maya aide-turned-BJP leader.

Modi had last addressed a rally in Lucknow on March 2, 2014, as the BJPs prime ministerial candidate. The 80 acres of the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds can hold up to five lakh people.

The crowd would be an answer to the critics of demonetisation, says UP BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak.

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