The Yogi will be addressing a rally on Wednesday in Virar, the bastion of Hitendra Thakur, the chief of the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. Thakur has fielded Baliram Jadhav, former Member of Parliament, against Rajendra Gavit, the BJP candidate. Shiv Sena has fielded Srinivas Vanga, son of late BJP MP Chintaman Vanga, and hence the triangular contest has become a battle of prestige for CM Devendra Fadnavis. There are around 17 lakh voters in the Palghar LS constituency, out of which 22 per cent hail from North India, mostly Uttar Pradesh. It is this segment of voters that the BJP wants to tap, and for this it has decided to use the good offices of Yogi Adityanath.