LUCKNOW: Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath have been roped in by the BJP to ensure that the ongoing Jan Vishwas Yatras in six organizational regions – West UP, Brij, Kanpur-Bundelkhand, Awadh, Kashi and Gorakhpur – culminate on a high note.
After the culmination of these yatras, the BJP plans to hold a big rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lucknow. Though the date is yet to be finalized, sources said the event could be organized between January 8 and January 11.
CM Yogi Adityanath will be present with the BJP president in the maximum number of culmination yatras. He has also attended most of the public meetings under the campaign.
Both Yogi and Nadda will attend at least two road shows before the end of the yatras. The campaign in the Brij region will be the first to culminate on December 31. The roadshow just before the conclusion of the yatra in Bareilly will be attended by Union home minister Amit Shah.
The same day, Shah will attend roadshows and rallies in Ayodhya and Sant Kabir Nagar while the CM will be in Kanpur Dehat and Rae Bareli (Sadar), the constituency represented by Aditi Singh, who recently switched loyalty from Congress to the BJP.
The yatra being organized in the West UP region will be the next to end on January 1. The yatra will conclude in Rampur, the pocket borough of senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan, which will be attended by the CM. Khan is languishing in Sitapur jail on multiple charges of land grabbing and embezzlement, among others.
The campaign in Kanpur-Bundelkhand region will end in Bithoor in Kanpur City on January 2. However, it is yet to be finalized as to who would be the main attraction of the event. According to sources, one of the three leaders will attend the programme.
On January 3, three of the remaining yatras of Awadh, Kashi and Gorakhpur regions will culminate. While the programmes of Awadh and Kashi regions will be attended by the BJP chief, the one in Gorakhpur will be addressed by the Chief Minister.
Nadda will attend the culmination events of Basti in Gorakhpur region and in Kakori (Mohanlalganj), Lucknow, which falls in Awadh region. UP BJP chief Swatantra Deo Singh will accompany Nadda in both the yatras.
The yatra in Kashi region will come to an end in Amethi, the erstwhile stronghold of Gandhi family and now being represented by Union minister Smriti Irani.
