BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to hold several meetings in Uttar Pradesh from next week as the party tries to intensify its election campaign to retain power in the state. With the Election Commission banning public gatherings and road shows till January 22 and the BJP leadership busy finalizing its candidates for assembly elections in five states, Shah will begin his tour after Saturday and hold meetings with organizational leaders including . , to cover the entire section of Uttar Pradesh.
Amid several party leaders seeking tickets for their relatives in the five poll-bound states, a senior BJP leader said the party is unlikely to field any relative of a member who is already an MP. or is holding an elected office as an MLA. However, this rule will not apply to those who are already MLAs.
Sources said that even though the ban remains in force, the Election Commission has allowed indoor meetings under certain conditions. In an informal conversation, the senior party leader also expressed confidence that the BJP would repeat its 2017 feat when it won over 300 seats in the 403-member assembly, saying the Yogi Adityanath-led government had issues of law. But apart from the performance and order and corruption, the welfare programs of the Modi government at the Center will win the support of the people.
When asked about the defection of the BJP into its main rival Samajwadi Party, including OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya, and their allegations that it is anti-backward caste, the party leader said that these leaders are essentially representing their castes. claim and what can happen. What has prompted his resignation is that the BJP has been able to win over these communities, marginalizing them. The kind of representation that backward castes like Mauryas, Saini or Nooniyas have got in the BJP’s organization and its government has been seen by all, he claimed, claiming that the Samajwadi Party never gave any posts to these communities. Whatever these defectors may say, these communities have no reason not to support the BJP, he added.
He said voters in Uttar Pradesh have been giving a clear mandate in the last several elections and the BJP is sure that nothing will be different this time. Since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, when the BJP won 71 of its 80 seats, the party marginalized its rivals in the 2017 assembly election and again in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
SP president Akhilesh Yadav has been targeting the BJP over the alleged non-performance of his state government and is working to broaden his party’s base by including leaders from rival parties. Polling in the state is starting in seven phases from February 10. The BJP has announced its candidates for 107 seats in Uttar Pradesh and is likely to announce its candidates for the remaining seats apart from four other electoral states in the coming days. Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. The stakes are high for the BJP as it is in power in four of the five states.
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