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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed his first 'parivartan' rally of the year at Lucknow's Ramabai Stal on Monday. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address came after BJP President Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the gathering. PTI
The party also invited around 1.28 lakh booth level workers, whom it plans to mobilise to turn public opinion in its favour for the forthcoming state assembly polls. PTI
The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh goes to polls this year. The UP Legislative Assembly has 403 seats, with the BJP having only 47 MLAs in the outgoing Assembly. PTI
The prime minister also invoked former prime minister and senior BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that leaders like him spent their youth working for the development of this land. PTI
Modi started his address by noting that this was probably the largest gathering in any of his rally. PTI
Targeting BJP's rivals, Modi accused all the major parties in Uttar Pradesh — SP, BSP and Congress — of being busy in issues that have no relation with the development of the state and its people. PTI