Yogi Adityanath, senior Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders to hold bike rally in state to garner support for party ahead of 2019 LS polls

Lucknow: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office-bearers, including Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, will be riding bikes across the state to mobilise support from each of the 80 parliamentary constituencies from Saturday, an official spokesman said on Wednesday.

‘Kamal Sandesh bike rallies’ would witness senior party leaders riding bikes and touching each booth in the state.

The chief minister’s deputies — Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma, organisational secretary Sunil Bansal and state BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey — will ride bikes across the state. All MPs, ministers and legislators will also take part in the rallies. State office-bearers, MLCs and Rajya Sabha members have also been told to chip in.

State general secretary Govind Narayan Shukla told IANS that Mahendra Nath Pandey will be in Chandauli to participate in the rally, while the chief minister will participate in the bike rally in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.