Uttar Pradesh polls: PM Modi holds meeting over breakfast with MPs from UP

New Delhi, Dec 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with the MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast. Earlier the PM had held a meeting with the MPs of northeastern and southeastern states.

A meeting ion the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the MPs of UP at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg was held, news agency ANI reported.

The meeting comes just a few months before the crucial elections in Uttar Pradesh and five other states. Earlier this month, the PM had inaugurated the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham project in Varanasi.

The PM would also today inaugurate the All India Mayors' Conference through videoconferencing. The meet is being held in Varanasi.

Later today Union Home Minister, Amit Shah will hold a "Sarkar Banao, Adhikar Pao" (make government, get rights) rally today in Lucknow ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

The rally which is organised by the BJP and Nishad Party will be held at the Ramabai Ambedkar Ground in Lucknow. Besides Shah, UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanathand state BJP chief, Swatantra Dev Singh will also be present at the rally.

The Deputy CMs of UP, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma will also present at the rally.

Shah will also inaugurate 23 new branches of UP Cooperative Banks and will dedicate 29 godowns of the UP State Warehousing Corporation. In the evening, Shah will take part in the inauguration of the National Convention of Sahara Bharati.

He would also attend the Nishad Jan Sabha after the BJP formally announced an alliance with the Nishad (Nirbal Indian Shoshit Humara Aam Dal) party led by Sanjay Nishad in September.