Amit Shah’s rally today to witness record crowd: Nishank

Tribune News Service

Haridwar, June 24

A record number of people will attend the June 25 rally of BJP president Amit Shah and it will signal the countdown of Chief Minister Harish Rawat-led state government.

Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said this after reviewing arrangements for the rally here yesterday.

Nishank expressed happiness over enthusiasm of the workers and response the party was getting from the public. He claimed that more than one lakh people would attend the rally at the Rishikul ground tomorrow. All five parliamentarians from the state and legislators from Haridwar district would be present.

He alleged that the Congress was creating communal tension in the district to disrupt the BJP rally. He said state Congress president Kishore Upadhyay’s peace march at the violence affected Landaura was a deliberate and desperate attempt to hamper the rally.

He added owing to Shah’s rally, the Chief Minister was having sleepless nights as the rally would herald return of the BJP to power in the state. Meanwhile, BJP district president Suresh Rathore also claimed that the would witness a huge attendance.