UP polls: Yogi Adityanath seeks feedback on performance of MLAs; BJP plans social seminars

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, CM Yogi Adityanath is seeking feedback about the performance of BJP MLAs from party functionaries. As per sources, this exercise commenced from Friday when Adityanath interacted with MLAs, MPs and party office-bearers hailing from the Awadh region at his official residence. UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh was also present in this meeting. Union MoS Home Ajay Mishra who is facing increasing calls to resign over his son Ashish Mishra's alleged involvement reportedly met Adityanath on this occasion as the Lakhimpur-Kheri district is a part of Awadh. Meanwhile, sources also revealed that BJP will address social seminars all over the state from October 13 keeping an eye on the UP polls. This is perceived to be a strategy to solicit the support of various sections of society for the saffron party. Ministers in the state government, parliamentarians, legislators and BJP office-bearers will participate in these social seminars. High-stakes battle for Uttar Pradesh In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, BJP won a whopping 312 seats in the 403-member House, whereas BSP could win only 19 seats. On the other hand, the SP-Congress alliance failed to bear fruit as it could win in only 54 constituencies. While this was seen as a mandate for PM Modi as BJP had not declared any CM candidate, Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath was a surprise pick for the post. Though some BJP leaders made conflicting statements over Adityanath's future as the Chief Minister, PM Modi put rest to all speculations by lauding UP's governance model during his successive visits to the state. Leaving no stone unturned for the 2022 Assembly election, BJP appointed Dharmendra Pradhan as its election in-charge and Anurag Thakur, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shobha Karandlaje, Annapurna Devi, Saroj Pandey and Vivek Thakur as the co-in-charges. Meanwhile, Sanjay Bhatia, Sanjeev Chaurasiya, Y Satya Kumar, Sudhir Gupta, Arvind Menon and Sunil Oza as the organizational in-charges of Western UP, Braj, Awadh, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Kashi. On September 24, BJP formally announced an alliance with the Nishad Party and Apna Dal(S). While Apna Dal(S) president Anupriya Patel is the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, the Nishad party chief's son Praveen Kumar Nishad won from Sant Kabir Nagar in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket. Moreover, Adityanath expanded his Council of Ministers on September 26 by inducting Sanjeev Kumar, Dinesh Khatik, Paltu Ram, Dharmvir Prajapati, Dr. Sangeeta Balwant, Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar and Jitin Prasada. Providing representation to the SC, OBC and Brahmin community in the government is being perceived as a significant move ahead of the UP polls.

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UP polls: Yogi Adityanath seeks feedback on performance of MLAs; BJP plans social seminars

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is seeking feedback about the performance of BJP MLAs from party functionaries.

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