Lucknow, July 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party national president and Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Nabin (46) received a grand welcome on his first visit to Lucknow, declaring that the party would form the government in the state again as he began an 18-km roadshow through the state capital with chief minister Yogi Adityanath and the party's top leadership receiving him at the airport.

Acknowledging the rousing welcome, Nabin said, "I bow to the sacred land of Uttar Pradesh, the land of Lord Ram, Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna. I pay respects to Atal Bihari Vajpayee for whom Lucknow was a karmbhoomi. The zeal of the workers' zeal is extraordinary. We are working with a clear roadmap and the BJP will certainly form the government in UP."

The chief minis...