Delhi BJP plans four mega rallies

New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the BJP plans to hold four mega rallies, including one of settlers from Purvanchal, for a show of strength in the city to counter a possible alliance between the Congress and AAP before the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

A senior Delhi BJP leader said the rallies, likely to be held in October and November, will focus on the Dalit community, women, youth and people from Purvanchal or parts of eastern UP and Bihar. 

"Purvanchali people rallied behind the BJP in the MCD elections in 2017. If we succeed in having their support, the BJP will brave any challenge including the possibility of an alliance between the AAP and Congress," he told PTI.  

The party's Delhi unit plans to invite top leaders such as Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to address the Purvanchali rally that will be the first in the series of the four mega gatherings. 

The preparations have begun with contact programmes launched by the party. The BJP hopes that each of the rallies will be attended by at least one lakh people, the party leader, who did not wish to be identified, said. 

The party, which believes that Purvanchalis constitute around 40 per cent of the city's total voters, had appointed appointed Bhojpuri superstar-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari as the city unit president in November 2016.