Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on May 5 (Sunday) as part of his campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, party sources revealed on Friday. During his visit, PM Modi is expected to offer prayers at Ayodhya's Ram Temple and conduct a roadshow in support of BJP candidate Lallu Singh in the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency.
According to party sources, PM Modi will arrive in Etawah around 3 p.m. on May 5, and then proceed to the Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency at approximately 5 p.m. The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit the Ram Temple in Ayodhya at around 7 p.m. During his visit, PM Modi will lead a nearly 2-kilometer-long roadshow in Ayodhya, added the sources. Ayodhya is scheduled to vote in the fifth phase on May 20. The Lok Sabha elections are being conducted in seven phases until June 1, with the counting of votes set for June 4.
The holy city is preparing to give a grand reception to the Prime Minister. This will be PM Modi's second roadshow in Ayodhya in the last five months. Earlier, PM Modi held a grand roadshow during the inauguration of the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport on December 30, 2023. Polling in Uttar Pradesh, with the most number of seats in the Lok Sabha, is being held in all seven phases of the parliamentary elections. Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats, and voting in 16 seats has already been completed in the first two phases.
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP emerged triumphant, securing 62 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, supplemented by two seats clinched by its ally Apna Dal (S). Mayawati's BSP managed to secure 10 seats, while Akhilesh Yadav's SP garnered five. Conversely, the Congress party secured only one seat.
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