Haryana: Modi, Shah, Hema, Deol to boost BJP campaign

BJP top brass including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union ministers home minister and party’s national president Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh, along with other senior leaders, will embark on campaigning in poll bound Haryana after Dussehra, with the Prime Minister expected to address around five to six rallies. The BJP has already given a slogan of “Mission 75 plus” for the state where the party formed its first government in 2014.

The Prime Minister is also the party’s “star campaigner” along with 39 other leaders, including “Dreamgirl” and Mathura MP Hema Malini and actor-turned-politician and Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol. In Haryana, Mr Amit Shah is expected to address at least a dozen rallies and Mr Rajnath Singh is expected to address at least ten rallies.

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The BJP top brass — including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister and party national president Amit Shah and Union defence minister Rajnath Singh among other senior leaders — will embark on campaigning in pollbound Haryana after Dussehra, with the PM expected to address around five to six rallies. The BJP has already coined the slogan “Mission 75 Plus” for the state where it formed its first government in 2014.

The PM is also the party’s “star campaigner” along with 39 other leaders, including “Dreamgirl” and Mathura MP Hema Malini and actor-turned-politician and Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol. The 90-member Haryana Assembly is scheduled to go to polls on October 21, with Mr Shah expected to address at least a dozen rallies and Mr Singh expected to address at least ten rallies.

The list of “star campaigners” submitted to the Election Commission, includes the names of the party’s national working president J.P. Nadda, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union textiles minister Smriti Irani, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari and Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur.

Keeping caste calculations in mind in the Jat-dominated state, the list of “star campaigners” features major Jat leaders of the party including Union minister and Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjiv Balyan, former Union minister Satya Pal Singh and UP state minister Bhupendra Singh. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state unit chief Subhash Barala’s names have been included in the list, along with MPs from the state, Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh and exUnion minister Choudhary Birendra Singh.

With a sizeable number of people from Uttarakhand living in the state, mainly in Gurgaon and Faridabad, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat and state minister Satpal Maharaj’s names have been included in the list.

Bhojpuri actors and BJP MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan will also campaign in the state.