BJP used trains to ferry workers for a rally against Mamata govt in 2022; earlier, in 2013, the party used them to showcase support for its then PM candidate Narendra Modi
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who arrived in Uttar Pradesh for the first time since he was sworn in as the chief minister, will visit Ayodhya on Sunday. As a show of support, thousands of Shiv Sainiks too will converge at the holy town.
According to the official programme issued by the Maharashtra government, Shinde will reach Lucknow on Saturday evening and stay there for the night. On Sunday morning, he will reach Ayodhya by helicopter and land at the banks of the Saryu river. Eknath Shinde Ayodhya Visit: Hotels in City Booked to Capacity to Accommodate Thousands of Shiv Sainiks.
Thousands of Shiv Sainiks are expected to accompany Eknath Shinde on his visit to Ayodhya on Sunday, his first such visit after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in June last year.
Sporting a traditional saffron shawl, Shinde, accompanied by his son, Kalyan Lok Sabha MP Srikant Shinde, Kalyan unit in-charge of the Shiv Sena Gopal Landge, local leaders and hundreds of party activists, showed the green flag to the train at Thane station around 4.40 pm amidst slogans of Jai Shri Ram