Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi will address the 'Parivartan rally' in Lucknow in a bit. This is the PM's first rally in the new year.

The rally will be held at the Ramabai Ambedkar grounds and the BJP reportedly hopes to see a turnout of over 10 lakh people -- double the capacity of the 80 acre ground.


The party has arranged for over 15,000 buses to help supporters attend the rally. The mega rally of sorts comes at a time when the ruling Samajwadi Party is in a state of chaos with infighting among its top leadership.

The Yadav family drama has seen Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav take over the party presidentship from his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at a national executive meeting held on Sunday. Mulayam, of course, has termed the meeting unconstitutional.