TNN | Apr 30, 2014, 05.10 AM IST
NEW DELHI: This could well be part of a "believe it or not" series. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would have addressed 437 public rallies and will be covering three lakh km criss-crossing the country, since his first rally on September 15, 2013, after being named as the party's PM candidate, the party claimed on Tuesday.
The calculations are based on the number of rallies that are planned till May 10, when campaigning ends for the final round of the nine-phased elections to be held on May 12.
Modi would have undertaken the largest mass outreach in India's electoral history by travelling about 3 lakh km addressing public meetings in 25 states besides 1350 innovative 3D rallies, the party said.
The show started on September 15 last year with an ex-servicemen's rally in Rewari in Haryana and would continue till the evening of May 10.
Besides 437 public meetings, Modi would have addressed another 1350 rallies through 3D technology connecting cities across the country. Another 600 3D rallies are planned between May 1 and 10, according to party sources.
In addition, Modi has done 'chai pe charcha' (chat over tea) interactions during which he took questions from the common people.
Add to the list, 196 'Bharat Vijay' rallies and the road shows in Vadodara and Varanasi, the two constituencies from where he is contesting, the BJP leader's outreach programme would have totalled an astounding 5827 rallies, programmes and roadshows.
BJP describes the campaign as historic and unprecedented in its intensity and scale in addition to being innovative and precise.
The calculations are based on the number of rallies that are planned till May 10, when campaigning ends for the final round of the nine-phased elections to be held on May 12.
Modi would have undertaken the largest mass outreach in India's electoral history by travelling about 3 lakh km addressing public meetings in 25 states besides 1350 innovative 3D rallies, the party said.
The show started on September 15 last year with an ex-servicemen's rally in Rewari in Haryana and would continue till the evening of May 10.
Besides 437 public meetings, Modi would have addressed another 1350 rallies through 3D technology connecting cities across the country. Another 600 3D rallies are planned between May 1 and 10, according to party sources.
In addition, Modi has done 'chai pe charcha' (chat over tea) interactions during which he took questions from the common people.
Add to the list, 196 'Bharat Vijay' rallies and the road shows in Vadodara and Varanasi, the two constituencies from where he is contesting, the BJP leader's outreach programme would have totalled an astounding 5827 rallies, programmes and roadshows.
BJP describes the campaign as historic and unprecedented in its intensity and scale in addition to being innovative and precise.
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| Modi would have undertaken the largest mass outreach in India's electoral history by travelling about 3 lakh km addressing public meetings in 25 states besides 1350 innovative 3D rallies, the party said. |
Reflecting the importance of Uttar Pradesh to his electoral fortunes, Modi has addressed the largest number of rallies, eight, in this state followed by four in Karnataka, three in Bihar, two each in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Assam and Odisha, besides one each in other states.
Between May 1 and 10, 41 'Bharat Vijay' rallies are scheduled in 5 states. In addition, some 600 3D rallies are planned during this period.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said massive crowds, sometimes 4 lakh and above, had turned up at rallies, particularly in UP. In their view the October 27 rally in Patna, where bombs had gone off, is regarded as a landmark because Modi had not called it off despite the threat he had faced.
Use of technology has been one of the highlights of the Modi campaign and the 3D rallies through which the BJP leader connected with people in multiple places have been a big hit.
Modi has interacted with people on issues such as agriculture and women empowerment at the chats held across 4000 locations in 24 states in several rounds and, internationally, across 50 locations in 15 countries. Some 10 lakh people had participated in this innovative programme, the party said.
At a press briefing in the party headquarters, Lekhi said on Tuesday that the historic campaign undertaken by Modi was to convey the message of development and good governance. She said in his 'hunkar' rally in Patna Modi gave a message of peace and unity, saying that Hindus and Muslims should together fight poverty instead of fighting themselves.
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