Narendra Modi's Bareilly rally cancelled

LUCKNOW: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally in Bareilly on January 13 has been cancelled, a party leader said today.

The rally was cancelled as it was coinciding with an event duing urs of Hazrat Shah Sharafat Miyan and the Utrayani fair, UP BJP chief spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told PTI.

The local party unit had also expressed difficulties in organising the 'Vijay Shankhnaad' rally, he said.

As the dates of Modi's other public meetings could not be postponed, the rally, therefore, has been cancelled, he said.

The spokesman said Modi will address rallies in Gorakhpur on January 23 and in Meerut on February one.

A 'Vijay Shankhnaad Maha Rally' will be organised on March 2 in Lucknow, Pathak said.