UP Election 2017: BJP will get absolute majority : Rajnath Singh

Hydearabad Mar 02 : Rajnath Singh is the tallest BJP leader in the most populous and politically-critical Hindi heartland state of Uttar Pradesh. He is the home minister of the country and has held the posts of Uttar Pradesh chief minister, national president of the party along with important portfolios at the Centre and in the state. In these elections, he has temporarily shifted his base to Lucknow — a city he represents in Parliament as an MP. These days he has a most hectic daily schedule.

Conduct a morning review of ministerial work, connect with local leaders and numerous party workers, and also coordinate with national leaders, take off on a dedicated chopper to go on a gruelling campaign that entails addressing five or six rallies nearly everyday. He then returns home after the sun has set, and once again connects with his ministry officers, party leaders — state and Central — to get some feedback and chalk out a strategy for the days to come. He took some time off to speak with Sanjay Singh, political editor, Firstpost on a variety of issues ranging from the day's politics, the elections, the Rahul Gandhi-Akhilesh Yadav combo, the controversy over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'raincoat' remark at Manmohan Singh, his relations with Modi and his own prospects (in case BJP wins in Uttar Pradesh) of returning to state politics and being at the helm to take up the chief ministerial post yet again, 15 years after he relinquished this post to move to national politics.