BJP gears up for Amit Shah’s Sept 22 rally in Kangra

DHARAMSHALA: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) is gearing up to make party president Amit Shah’s September 22 rally in Kangra a “grand success”. The rally gains significance as it will launch the BJP’s election campaign in poll-bound state.

Party in charge for Himachal, Mangal Pandey, along with former chief minister Shanta Kumar and state BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti visited the venue on Saturday to oversee of the arrangements. They also held meetings with party workers. BJP’s youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, has been entrusted to organise the rally and mobilise people for it.

Speaking to the youth wing members, Pandey asked them to ensure that the rally is a grand success. He claimed that at least one lakh youth workers from Himachal Pradesh will attend the rally.

“Youth are our strength and the rally in Kangra will prove to be the biggest youth rally in the state,” he said.

BJP MP from Kangra, Shanta Kumar, said, “Shah’s rally will be historic like the one in 1990 when lakhs participated in the 14-day padyatra (march) and Congress was thrown out of power.”

WHY KANGRA

BJP has selected Kangra as the venue for Shah’s rally because of its electoral significance. The district alone sends 15 legislators to the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. Population wise too, it is the largest district in the state.