Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched NDA’s election campaign from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. During this, PM Modi fiercely attacked opposition parties, nepotism and corruption. He also talked about the development and progress made during his tenure of ten years. The Prime Minister’s Meerut rally is also considered important because along with the leaders of NDA constituents and other parties, RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary was also present in this rally.
Before the Lok Sabha elections, BJP-RLD alliance was formed in Western UP region. This was the first time when PM Modi and Jayant Chaudhary shared the stage together. This joint rally took place almost a decade after BJP completely defeated RLD in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but BJP and RLD were together in this rally.
Let us tell you that earlier in 2014 and 2019 also, PM Modi had started the election campaign from Meerut and PM Modi also mentioned it in his speech and gave the reason for it. He said that Meerut is the land of revolutionaries. This is the land of heroes and no matter how many attacks the opposition makes on Modi, he is not going to stop against corruption. At the same time, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath talked about the riots in Meerut and said that this election is an election of curfew and Kanwar Yatra.
Large population of Jats and Gurjars in Meerut
On the other hand, Meerut is quite important politically. This is a constituency that has a large population of Jats and Gujjars, two communities that the BJP is trying to unite and used it to send a message across the region. PM Modi, CM Yogi and Jayant Chaudhary also mentioned former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh in their speeches.
Recently, the Central Government announced the Bharat Ratna Award to Chaudhary Charan Singh, grandfather of former PM and Jayant Chaudhary. After that RLD joined the BJP led NDA. CM Yogi and Jayant Chaudhary also expressed gratitude to PM Narendra Modi for this.
Sources say that Jayant Chaudhary has started his election campaign on several parliamentary seats including Baghpat and Bijnor, from where his party will contest the elections in alliance with BJP.
Ramlala’s life prestige – Arun Govil candidate
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections also, PM Modi started the election rally from Meerut. Then BJP candidate Rajendra Aggarwal had managed to win the seat by defeating SP-backed BSP candidate Haji Yakub Qureshi by a slim margin of less than 5,000 votes.
This time BJP has fielded cine actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in the popular TV serial Ramayana. Recently, Ramlala’s life has been consecrated in Ram temple and BJP is linking the construction of Ram temple with the cultural upliftment of the country. In such a situation, BJP chose Meerut as the venue of NDA’s first rally, because it has fielded cine actor Arun Govil from here. During the telecast of Ramayana, Arun Govil received a lot of praise for his role of Ram.
Top leaders of BJP will also hold a meeting in this area
Rallies by other top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, party president JP Nadda and CM Yogi Adityanath, are also being planned to intensify the election campaign, especially in western UP, where voting will be held in the first three phases. Is. Top BJP leaders are planning an election meeting in this area. This is similar to the 2022 assembly elections, when Amit Shah started from Kairana.
