Modi’s Agra rally covering 8 Lok Sabha seats in UP today

Agra, 21 November 2013

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Shri Narendra Modi will today address a rally in Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Agra has been the capital city of Mughals. BJP supporters from 40 assembly seat areas ( 8 Lok Sabha seat areas) will attend the rally. Local police has diverted the routes of vehicles arriving from Delhi and Kanpur. The rally has been organized at Kothi Meena Bazar. It will start at 11.00 am. BJP’s national president Rajnath Singh will also attend and address the rally. Shri Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh will reach Kheria airport around noon and come to the rally venue by road.

According to state party president Lakshmikant Vajpayee, the rally ground has been divided in 16 blocks. Drinking water facility has been arranged in each 16 blocks. Party volunteers will remain present in each block.

Ahead of Narendra Modi’s rally in Agra, BJP IT cell’s Modi magic club has organized two days exhibition at Nagari pracharini. Cheaper onions are sold here to give message that if Modi comes to power, onions will be cheaper. There’s also a Modi tea stall where tea cup is offered for Rs. 3. One Pappu who sells tea for Rs. 5 a cup in Rakabganj is happy selling tea for just Rs. 3 here. He says he is not here for earning, he is Modi’s supporter and wants to convey message that the PM candidate today was selling tea at one point of time in his life.

The exhibition was opened by state party president Lakshmikant Vajpayee. It hosts Modi’s photographs, posters featuring his life and works. A model of Sardar Patel’s statue, projector screen showing a video on Modi’s life are part of this exhibition. In one model, Modi is shown at Arjun riding chariot and targeting corruption, inflation, crime, terrorism with arrows.

Mulayam’ rally in Bareilly

While Modi will address a rally in Agra, rival Mulayam Singh Yadav who is also vying for the prime ministerial spot—will address a mega rally at Bareilly today. The SP too is leaving no stone unturned to collect more and more people for Mulayam’s rally. People from Aligarh will be ferried to Bareilly as per their assembly constituency in 125 buses and 800 cars.

BJP activists from Aligarh will join the Modi rally in Agra in 700 buses. The responsibilities for the rally have been entrusted and Khair, Atrauli, Charra, Barauli and Iglas assembly segments have been directed to pool 100 buses each.

Security stepped up

National Security Guard commandos, Special Task Force personnel from Gujarat and more than 1,000 UP policemen Wednesday turned the rally ground into a fortress.Metal detectors were installed at the entrance gates, parking slots were earmarked several kilometres away from the venue. Watch towers, special slot for OB vans, a guarded press box, a huge stage and the ground decked up with hoardings and flags are in place.Such arrangements were not seen even for the prime minister’s rallies. Many schools have announced a holiday and people are being advised not to use the main roads to avoid traffic jams.