Assembly Polls: PM Modi To Blaze Campaign Trail; Will Address 9 Rallies In Maharashtra, 4 In Haryana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address nine public meetings in Maharashtra, and will hold four rallies in Haryana.

PM Modi hailed the step taken by the Ministry of Finance and termed it 'historic'. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: In a blazing a campaign trail ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana both, the BJP under the stewardship of  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah is all geared up to woo the voters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address nine public meetings in Maharashtra, and will hold four rallies in Haryana. In Haryana BJP is set to cover all the 90 seats in the run-up to the October 21 assembly polls Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, are the first major political contest after the Lok Sabha outing. In Maharashtra, besides Modi, Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah is set to address 18 public meetings in coming days. "Prime Minister Narendra Modiji will address nine public meetings, two of them are scheduled to take place in Pune and Satara on October 17," BJP state unit president Chandrakant Patil said on Sunday. Patil is in the fray from Kothrud constituency in Pune city. In Satara, former NCP leader and a direct descendant of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Udayanraje Bhosale who joined the BJP recently, is in the fray for the Lok Sabha bypoll which will be held along with the assembly elections. Patil said chunk of Shah's rallies will take place in western Maharashtra, the bastion of the Congress and the NCP. The BJP is contesting in alliance with the Shiv Sena and smaller allies--RPI (A), Shiv Sangram Party, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Rayat Kranti Sanghatna. (With inputs from PTI)