Seeking to win back the rural voters ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections in Gujarat, state BJP today announced to hold eight farmers' rallies in parts of state this month.
The newly-elected state BJP president and Transport Minister Vijay Rupani made this announcement at a party function in Gandhinagar, a party release said.
These events, named as 'Virat Khedut Rally', will be organised between March 16 and 18.
"Rupani urged the party workers and leaders to reach out to people living in each and every village, so that large number of people gather in these rallies, which are organised keeping in mind the upcoming Assembly polls in 2017," the release said.
These rallies will be organised in Kutch (16 March), Lunavada in central Gujarat (17 March), Gandhinagar(18 March), Bhavnagar(25 March), Rajkot(25 March), Vadodara (26 March), South Gujarat(27 March) and in Patan and Banaskantha on March 28, the release.
In the recently-held district and taluka panchayat polls, BJP faced defeat at the hands of Congress.
According to the release, the party meet in Gandhinagar was chaired by BJP national vice president, Om Mathur, who urged the workers to reach out to villagers and farmers and tell them about schemes floated by Centre and state government in their respective budgets.
