Following the deadline for filing nominations for the 70 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh today, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for an aggressive electoral campaign.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding a rally in the Kanker district; on 4 November the Prime Minister is scheduled to hold a rally in the city of Durg. In all, PM Modi will have held two rallies in Chhattisgarh within a span of three days.
Earlier in October, PM Modi already conducted election rallies in Jagdalpur, Raigarh, and Bilaspur. In addition, a rally was held in the state’s capital, Raipur a few days ago. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is set to undertake a two-day tour of Chhattisgarh on 4 and 5 November. He will conduct roadshows in Kawardha, Rajnandgaon, and Birgaon. The BJP recently released CM Adityanath’s itinerary for the same.
On the first day, he will be travelling directly from Raipur to Antagarh, and from there will journey tp Dongargarh, Pandariya, and finally hold a roadshow in Kawardha the very same evening. After the roadshow, he is scheduled to return to Raipur and hold a rally there. From there, the CM will go on to Birgaon to hold a rally, and then conduct a meeting at the BJP headquarters in Raipur.
On 5 November, he will hold rallies in Bijapur, Bastar, Rajnandgaon, and Bhataapara. As per the party’s announcement, there is another rally and a roadshow planned for Rajnandgaon. In the evening, he will leave for Lucknow.
The schedules of both PM Modi and Yogi Adityanath make it clear that the BJP is making every effort to reach out to voters in the state of Chhattisgarh ahead of the elections that are set to take place this month.
