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Modi, Shah to campaign for BJP candidates
The Morning Standard
|January 16, 2025
THE BJP on Wednesday named its 40 star campaigners for the Delhi Assembly polls, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, as well as its seven chief ministers, including Yogi Adityanath.
The list also includes Purvanchali leaders, including Bhojpuri stars and MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan, and Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua. Purvanchalis—people from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar—constitute a sizeable vote bank in the national capital. Delhi will go to polls on February 5 and th
This story is from the January 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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