BJP mega rally in UP to help Pick chief ministerial face

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Oct 14, 2016: The BJP’s mega rally across Uttar Pradesh, a big push ahead of the next year’s assembly elections, is expected to help generate feedback about a Chief Ministerial candidate, a decision the party is yet to take, sources said.

While the decision on whom to field for the top job rests on the party’s parliamentary board, the Parivartan Yatra will point the way. Sources said it is expected to help the party take a final decision.

The "Journey for change" will start off from four corners of the state in early November and is expected to cover all 403 assembly constituencies of India’s largest state.

The surgical strikes across the Line of Control will be one of the key issues that will be highlighted during the yatra, said a senior party leader. "How can the BJP not talk about the valour of the army, which was ordered by the NDA government?"

Despite PM Modi’s caution against "chest-thumping", the strikes have already been highlighted by the party state unit during his visit to Lucknow during Dusshera. The rally ground was lined with posters that read "Lucknow welcomes the avengers of Uri".