Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Meerut in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh today where he will lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University. The university will be established in an area covering Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of about Rs 700 crore, an official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday he will contest the upcoming assembly polls, with the party taking a call on the seat from which he will be fielded. According to a News18 report, Adityanath may contest from Ayodhya, Gorakhpur or Mathura.
Akhilesh Yadav has announced that if voted to power, all households will get 300 units of electricity for free, while farmers will get free power for irrigation.
Adityanath’s announcement of contesting the UP polls comes as a direct challenge to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
