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Narendra Modi to begin UP campaign in Kanpur Oct 15

Lucknow: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address three public rallies in Uttar Pradesh in the next two months, starting with Kanpur Oct 15, the party announced Friday.According to the programme finalized by the

Kanpur is represented by three-time MP and central coal minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal while Jhansi is held by Pradeep Aditya Jain, another union minister. Kamal Kishore of Congress is MP from Bahraich.



Party sources say six other rallies will be held with Modi at different places in the state in the run up to the Lok Sabha election due next year.

At present, the BJP has 10 MPs from UP, a sharp fall from the 58 it had in 1998, out of the total 80.