UP elections: Stopped by bad weather, Rajnath Singh addresses public meeting at Lakhimpur Kheri over phone
Jasleen Kaur
February 2nd 2022 03:54 PM --
Updated:
February 2nd 2022 04:06 PM
New Delhi, February 2: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP leader and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday addressed a public meeting over the phone after bad weather prevented him from reaching the venue at Lakhimpur Kheri.
As scheduled, Rajnath Singh arrived at Bareilly at 11 am and travelled to Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit by helicopter, but even after several attempts, he failed to land at either of the venues due to poor visibility because of dense fog. Now, he will be travelling to Pilibhit by road to attend public meetings and door-to-door campaigns.
Earlier, in the day, Rajnath Singh tweeted that he will be visiting constituencies in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit and will interact with prominent voters.
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Lakhimpur Kheri will go to the polls in the fourth phase of the UP Assembly elections 2022 on February 23. And February 3 is the last day to file a nomination.
On January 31, the Election Commission allowed public meetings of up to 1,000 persons and doorstep campaigning with up to 20 persons instead of 10, but continued ban on the ban on roadshows, vehicle rallies and processions in the five poll-bound states till February 11.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states saying the "bua-bhatija governments are not good for UP".
Addressing a gathering at Atrauli, Shah said, "The elections of 2014, 2017, 2019 have been the ones that changed the fate of Uttar Pradesh. The casteist governments of bua-bhatija could not do any good to UP; the state came under the category of BIMARU state. The BJP government worked to bring about a change."
BIMARU is an acronym formed from the first letters of the names of the Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. It was coined by Ashish Bose in the mid-1980s. BIMARU has a resemblance to a Hindi word meaning "sick".
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Earlier, in the day, Rajnath Singh tweeted that he will be visiting constituencies in Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit and will interact with prominent voters.
Also read | Covid-19 'less severe' in fully vaccinated people
Lakhimpur Kheri will go to the polls in the fourth phase of the UP Assembly elections 2022 on February 23. And February 3 is the last day to file a nomination.
On January 31, the Election Commission allowed public meetings of up to 1,000 persons and doorstep campaigning with up to 20 persons instead of 10, but continued ban on the ban on roadshows, vehicle rallies and processions in the five poll-bound states till February 11.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh to the category of BIMARU states saying the "bua-bhatija governments are not good for UP".
Addressing a gathering at Atrauli, Shah said, "The elections of 2014, 2017, 2019 have been the ones that changed the fate of Uttar Pradesh. The casteist governments of bua-bhatija could not do any good to UP; the state came under the category of BIMARU state. The BJP government worked to bring about a change."
BIMARU is an acronym formed from the first letters of the names of the Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. It was coined by Ashish Bose in the mid-1980s. BIMARU has a resemblance to a Hindi word meaning "sick".
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