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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on evening led a road show in Bareilly as he waved at the large crowd gathered along the route. Standing on a saffron-coloured vehicle decorated with flowers, he held an illuminated ‘lotus’ symbol and waved it at the people, many of whom carried ‘abki baar 400 paar’ placards.
People standing on both sides of the route took selfies and showered flower petals at the cavalcade as the Prime Minister’s vehicle passed them on the road. The PM was accompanied by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP candidate from Bareilly Chhatrapal Gangwar.
Bareilly will go to polls on May 7 in the third phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls. The road show started from the Rajendra Nagar area and ended at the cross-section in DD Puram area, covering around 1.2km in around 40 minutes, local party officials said.
Bareilly, located at the heart of Rohilkhand region of western UP, is considered a bastion of the BJP. This time, the party has picked Chhatrapal Gangwar, a former junior minister in the state, over sitting eight-time MP Santosh Gangwar as its candidate from Bareilly.
