The success of BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modis Kanpur rally,which saw a huge gathering Saturday,has set a challenge before the party to ensure the presence of a similar crowd in Modis next rally scheduled in Bundelkhands Jhansi district on October 25. For this,the party is hopeful of getting crowds from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh where Assembly elections have been announced. At the Kanpur rally,there was a gathering of around 1.25 lakh,although the party had claimed it to be more than four lakh. Sources said the party has set a target of two lakh people for the Jhansi rally. Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesperson Vijender Singh Sisodia said,Party workers from various districts of Madhya Pradesh bordering UP will definitely go to Jhansi to hear Modi. The message that Modi ji will give in Jhansi will make an impact on the Assembly elections of Madhya Pradesh. While notification for the Assembly elections in MP is going to be issued on November 1,the party is yet to declare candidates. Party leaders seeking tickets from MPs assembly constituencies bordering UP will definitely take people to Jhansi rally, said a UP BJP leader who recently visited some districts of MP including Datia to mobilise workers to attend Modis Jhansi rally. Datia is about 25 km from Jhansi. A major worry for the party for the Jhansi rally is low population density in the region as compared to Kanpur. In Kanpur,which is hub for industries and education,youths and labourers formed the major part of the crowd. There are no major industry or educational institutions in Bundelkhand which can cater crowd to Jhansi rally. Majority of the population here are farmers. The party has a target of two lakh people for the rally,but that may go up, said Babu Ram Nishad,BJPs Bundelkhand region president. He said the UP BJP has not invited any worker from Madhya Pradesh,but there will be no restriction if people from there came to hear Modi in Jhansi. Bundelkhand has four Lok Sabha and 19 assembly seats. The BJP has no Lok Sabha member there and only three MLAs Uma Bharti from Charkhari,Ravi Sharma from Jhansi and Sahdvi Niranjan Jyoti from Hamirpur.
