Yogi to campaign in Bihar from today

Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath will hit the poll track of Bihar by addressing a rally in Danapur and Saharsa assembly seats on Thursday. Polling is scheduled to be held in the state on Nov 6 and 11.

Yogi will fly to Patna and then reach Khagol Road, the rally venue of the Danapur assembly seat, at around 11.45 am to campaign for party candidate Ram Kripal Yadav. Yogi is then scheduled to fly to Saharsa to address a rally in favour of party candidate Alok Ranjan at around 1.50 pm. The CM will be back in Lucknow by 5 pm.

The much-awaited entry of Yogi, inarguably BJP's most prominent saffron mascot, could potentially stir up the campaign blitzkrieg planned by the saffron outfit even as it gears up to take on a belligerent opposition in Bihar. The initiation of Yogi's rallies in Bihar comes at a crucial juncture even as campaign momentum in the poll-bound state is set to peak. His entry just weeks before polling, experts said, suggests that the BJP intends to maximise his high-voltage appeal to consolidate Hindu votes besides energising the party cadre.

Known for his unrelenting aggressive poll positioning, primarily centred around Hindutva, Yogi is expected to stir up nationalistic fervour, blending it with his trademark religious-cultural narrative. Sources said that Yogi is expected to tear into alleged corruption-hit past regimes of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, while highlighting his model of governance, which is credited with bringing him to power for the second consecutive time in the 2022 assembly elections in UP.