Ghaziabad/Noida: Political parties and their candidates may not have officially launched campaigns for the general elections, but most of them are capitalising on ‘Holi Milan’ programme to connect to people. But, they are refraining from calling such meetings as ‘Holi Milan’ to avoid model code of conduct violation.In Ghaziabad , BJP’s prospective candidate and incumbent MP, Gen VK Singh (retd), held as many as 20 programmes across the city on Wednesday, during which he met residents. Singh also visited houses of his party workers and discussed with them BJP’s agenda.“He first visited Raj Nagar and then participated in ‘Holi Milan’ programme organised by the traders’ associations in Raj Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Navug Market, Tigri cut and Nandgram areas,” said a BJP functionary. “In the evening, he attended a Holi Dahan event in Shastri Nagar and met residents of Vaishali at ‘chai pe charcha’,” he added.Congress candidate for Ghaziabad seat, Dolly Sharma, said she would spend her day strategising with senior leaders on Holi. “I’ve been meeting people since the mayoral election and have had held over 1,000 meetings so far,” she said.In Gautam Budh Nagar, incumbent MP and Union minister Mahesh Sharma visited Golf City Sector 75, Skytech Matrott in Sector-76, Barat Ghar in Sector 53, Barat Ghar Sector 55, Rajat Vihar Sector 62, Agarwal Dharmshala Sector 33 on Wednesday, where he met with the residents.BSP-SP alliance candidate Satveer Nagar is also campaigning in different villages, but the party is not naming this ‘Holi Milan’. Pawan Sharma, the Noida Congress spokesperson, said the party has called a Holi Milan programme for its workers on Thursday.Rajeev Rai, SDM Dadri and assistant returning officer, said all candidates have to follow the model code of conduct during campaigning.

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