UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee arrived here in Lucknow on Tuesday to a warm and rousing reception.
Mr Mukherjee was here to campaign for himself in the upcoming Presidential polls. He was accompanied by union ministers Sriprakash Jaiswal, Rajiv Shukla, Salman Khurshid and RPN Singh on his visit to Lucknow.
On his arrival from Delhi this afternoon, Mr Mukherjee drove straight to the UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s official residence where he was greeted by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the chief minister who had hosted a lunch in his honour.
All legislators from the Samajwadi Party, Congress and allies were present at the lunch to which all senior officials were also invited.
Mr Mukherjee thanked the legislators for extending their support to his candidature and said that he would work to fulfil their aspirations.
Mr Mukherjee, in the evening, attended a tea party hosted by the Congress in which RLD members were present. Later, he went to meet Ms Mayawati at her residence and then to the BSP state headquarters where he met BSP MPs and MLAs and then returned to Delhi after attending a dinner hosted by the BSP leader in his honour.
Mr Mukherjee profusely thanked the BSP for its support and said that he was aware of the responsibility and dignity of the President’s post and would work for the people who were the biggest strength of the country.