Narendra Modi to hold rally in Kanpur on 20 Oct

Kanpur: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally here will be held on 20 October, Kanpur unit of the party said today. The rally was earlier scheduled for 15 October, but was postponed as the date was clashing with two religious festivals. [caption id=“attachment_1137663” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Narendra Modi. PTI[/caption] BJP general secretary Amit Shah will visit Kanpur on 3 October to review the preparations for the rally and meet party workers, BJP sources here said. The venue for the rally has not been fixed yet, they said. BJP Kanpur president Surendra Maithani said party workers have been visiting the NCR Railway Headquarters in Allahabad for past one week to obtain permission to hold the rally in a railway field in Nirala Nagar. Maitahni alleged that Railways was refusing to give permission on the directions of the Centre. Three lakh people are expected to take part in the Kanpur rally. Other options for the venue include the Moti Jheel field and Brajendra Swaroop park but they are comparatively smaller keeping in mind the number of people expected, he said. Earlier, the rally was scheduled on 15 October, but it had to be postponed as Dussehra would fall on 13 or 14 October and Bakr-eid on 15 or 16 October and district administration would not have adequate security forces at that time, he said. Congress MP and Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has won Lok Sabha elections from Kanpur for last three times and is expected to win this time also. BJP has not yet announced its Lok Sabha candidate from Kanpur. SP has announced stand-up comedian Raju Srivastava as its candidate, while BSP has nominated youth leader Salim Ahmed to contest the polls. PTI