LUCKNOW: Former chief minister Kalyan Singh will head the 2014 Lok Sabha elections campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh.
Singh is set to return to his parent party on January 21. Though a formal announcement in this regard is still awaited, sources said the party’s think-tank has decided to hand over state BJP’s charge to Kalyan.
The fact also gets corroborated from the statement made by state BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpayi on Tuesday.
Kalyan is likely to return to the BJP through a rally in Lucknow on January 21. He will also merge his Jan Kranti Party with the BJP.
Several party insiders say that BJP high command believes that party can regain the lost political ground in UP only under the stewardship of Kalyan Singh, who is a mass leader and can draw large crowds.
With Modi back as Gujarat CM and being seen as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, party insiders feel he is likely to have a say on the election of national BJP chief as well as on the formation of state working committee. (Agencies)