Lucknow, Jul 21 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday for a farmers rally at Shahjahanpur, an official said.
He landed at the Trishul Air Base in Bareilly in a special Indian Air Force plane. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and state Bharatiya Janata Party president Mahendra Nath Pandey were there to receive him.
He also met a few other party leaders before flying off to Shahjahanpur to address the Kisan Kalyan rally.
Intermittent rains have been reported at the venue, where a large crowd has gathered to hear Modi who would tell them of the various steps taken by his government in the past four years.