PM Modi, Shah, Adityanath, Rahul to raise political heat

SHIMLA: Amidst the intensifying war of words, Himachal is all set to witness high octane electioneering in the coming days. Prime Minister Na rend ra Mo di, and All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi will address a series of rallies in four parliamentary constituencies across state.

Vying to regain power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seemingly banking upon PM Mod ito gain electoral grounds in the Congress-ruled state.

The party has planned four public meetings at Mandi, Shimla, Kangra and Hamirpur parliamentary segment, respectively.

The state unit of BJP has been working overtime, and has asked the central leadership to hold rallies in the state with Uttarakh and CM T riven dr a Singh Rawat, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

“There is high demand for PM Modi in the state, but due to his busy schedule, he will hold only a few rallies in Himachal,” said senior B JP leader and chairman of campaign committee, Parve en Sharma.

The rallies have been planned in Mandi, Palampur and Solan parliamentary segment. The PM has already addressed a rally at Bilaspur’s Luhnu Ground.

Apart from PM Mo di, the party has planned 17 rallies of it’s national president Amit Shah. The party’s list of star campaign- ers includes PM Modi, Shah, Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, organisational general secretary Ram L al, Union health Minister JPN add a, Union social justice and empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union textile minister Smriti Irani, and Union drinking water and sanitation minister Uma Bharti.

From Congress, chief minister Vi rb had ra Singh, who heads the campaign committee has been campaigning throughout the state.

Rahul Gandhi, An and S harm a and Punjab chief minister Captain Am arin der Singh will also be campaigning in Himachal. Besides them, chief minister Vi rbhadra and state party chief Sukhv ind erSukhu will address a series of rallies,” said Congress general secretary Naresh Chauhan. The Congress is yet to announce its list of star campaigners.