Varanasi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin will address a public meeting in Varanasi on Oct 7.The rally is scheduled to be held at the Jagatpur Inter College ground in Jagatpur, Rohania, with the party setting a target of mobilising around 50,000 people.UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP state president Pankaj Chaudhary are also expected to address the gathering. BJP’s regional, district and city units have intensified preparations for Nabin’s visit to Varanasi after his appointment as national president.At a meeting held at the Circuit House on Wednesday, BJP national secretary and Uttar Pradesh co-incharge Jagdish Patel briefed party leaders about the preparations. He said the Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra, which began on Sep 17 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthplace Vadnagar, will conclude in Varanasi on Oct 7. The rally at Jagatpur is being organised on the same occasion.Minister of state with independent charge JPS Rathore said 500 bike riders from the yatra will reach Varanasi on Oct 7 and will be accorded a grand welcome at Namo Ghat. The 500 riders will visit the Namo Book Festival at Namo Ghat, where more than 450 books written on Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be displayed.They will then travel by cruise to Lalita Ghat and offer jalabhishek at Kashi Vishwanath temple with the water brought by them. After this, they will join Nitin Nabin’s public meeting at Jagatpur.BJP state general secretary Dilip Patel urged party workers to immediately begin work on the responsibilities assigned to them for the rally. Regional president Ashok Chaurasia said meetings of district and city units office-bearers will be held on Oct 1, while meetings of fronts, cells, departments and mandals will take place on Oct 2, 3 and 4.Senior BJP leaders, ministers and public representatives inspected the proposed rally venue at Jagatpur. They reviewed arrangements related to the stage, sound system, entry and exit routes for VIPs and the general public, crowd management and smooth movement of people to the venue.
