Amit Shah to sound poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh, to address mega rally in Saharanpur

Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone for Maa Shakumbhari Devi University in the Behat Assembly constituency in Saharanpur district of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh today. His visit is being seen as the BJP’s bid to woo farmers in Uttar Pradesh, who are mostly from the Jat community from the west region of the state and Dalits.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who had announced the naming of the university after Ma Shakumbari Devi, will also be present on the occasion. Shah and Adityanath are also scheduled to address a public rally in Saharanpur. Many ministers and leaders of the BJP are camping here for preparations of the rally. The BJP had recently given Shah the responsibility of western UP.

Former MP from Saharanpur, Raghav Lakhan Pal said that the demand for setting up a university was long pending and would cater to the needs of the youths.

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“Shakumbari Devi temple is in Behat and the goddess is revered throughout the West UP region. Naming of the university in the name of the Goddess has made the people of Saharanpur happy,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected in Meerut later this month to lay the foundation stone of state’s first sports university at Salawa. He could also lay down the foundation stone of the proposed ‘Ganga Expressway’ between Meerut and Prayagraj and inaugurate the Meerut-Delhi Expressway.

Of the seven Assembly seats in Saharanpur district, four are held by the BJP, two by the Congress and one by the Samajwadi Party. Of the total 80 seats in west Uttar Pradesh region, 60 are with the BJP. The saffron party faces the challenge to at least maintain the status quo.

News Credit: India TV News