The proposed December 23 rally in former Prime Minister Chaudhary Chanran Singh’s ancestral village is expected to bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP and RLD leaders together, with western Uttar Pradesh emerging as a key focus ahead of the assembly elections.
Why Noorpur Matters: BJP-RLD Eye Charan Singh’s Legacy Ahead Of UP Polls
Noorpur. That’s the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, and Noorpur is where his family comes from. Party sources say the two allies are planning a mega rally there. RLD sources claim the Prime Minister’s Office has already given its confirmation. Also expected on stage: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, BJP president Nitin Nabin, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary. Why Noorpur matters:
The BJP and the RLD have picked a small village in Hapur to begin their 2027 Uttar Pradesh push. December 23.
PM Modi is likely to speak, reports said.
Fighting three UP seats within the SP and BSP alliance, the RLD won none. It came after the Modi government announced the Bharat Ratna for Charan Singh. In the seat sharing deal, the RLD got Baghpat and Bijnor, and won both.
After Independence he held several ministries in Uttar Pradesh and was a major force behind land reform, including laws against the zamindari system and caps on landholdings. He went on to lead the state as Chief Minister. For the RLD, this is home ground. A rally here, on this day, lets the party keep his legacy in front while standing next to a much bigger partner. Jat and Gurjar voters are the focus, along with farmers more broadly. Baghpat, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Hapur and Moradabad have strong farm economies and a record of farmer led politics. The Samajwadi Party isn’t sitting still either. It has been working on backward classes, Dalits and minorities, so the region stays a real contest. Its roots lie in western UP, among farmers and Jats. Over the years it has teamed up with the BJP, the Congress and the SP, and has sat in coalitions led by both the BJP and the Congress. Jayant also reached the Rajya Sabha that year with SP support. Then the turn. Noorpur, though, is meant to be the main show. Whether this display of unity becomes a long campaign across western UP is something the coming months will answer.
His political life began in the Congress, and in 1937 he won a seat in the United Provinces Legislative Assembly. As Prime Minister he served from July 28, 1979, to January 14, 1980. In 2024, the Bharat Ratna was awarded to him posthumously. Numbers game in western UP Reports say the alliance is looking at 136 assembly seats in the region. A long and shifting relationship Charan Singh’s son, Ajit Singh, founded the RLD in 1996-1997. The 2019 Lok Sabha polls went badly. For the 2022 assembly elections it tied up with the SP and took eight seats, whih became nine after the Khatauli by election. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Jayant took the RLD out of the opposition camp and into the BJP led NDA.
Rajasthan and Haryana too According to party sources, joint rallies may also be held in Rajasthan and Haryana on the same occasion.
Charan Singh was born here, in what was then Meerut district, to a farming family. Jayant is his grandson.
So the venue says a lot before anyone says a word.
