Millennium Post (Kolkata)

BJP gearing up for mass campaign in UP from May 30

- OUR CORRESPOND­ENT

LUCKNOW: The BJP is gearing up for an elaborate public relations campaign in Uttar Pradesh to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of nine years in office at the Centre. The campaign aims to consolidat­e support and secure victory in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, one of the crucial states for the party.

Scheduled to run from May 30 to June 30, the campaign will encompass a series of public meetings and events across the state. Focusing on securing seats in Purvanchal, Modi plans to hold a pivotal public meeting in his parliament­ary constituen­cy of Varanasi. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with several union ministers, is set to address public meetings in West UP. The exact schedule for these events is yet to be finalised.

The BJP’s comprehens­ive public relations campaign encompasse­s a wide range of programmes designed to engage different segments of society. These include conference­s for the enlightene­d class and businessme­n, meetings of social media volunteers and senior party workers, joint conference­s involving all frontal organisati­ons, and meetings with beneficiar­ies of government schemes.

Vijay Bahadur Pathak, the BJP state vice-president, highlighte­d the party’s objective of conducting public meetings in each constituen­cy to achieve their goal of winning all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Prominent leaders such as

The BJP’s focus will be on the seven seats it lost in the western region during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Prime Minister Modi, CM Adityanath, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President JP Nadda, and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Smriti Irani will address these public meetings.

Pathak emphasised the significan­ce of the upcoming month for the party and the mass public relations campaign planned during this period.

The campaign will involve BJP MPs and MLAs engaging with the families of eminent individual­s, alongside public meetings addressed by union ministers.

The BJP’s focus will be on the seven seats it lost in the western region during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, including Moradabad, Bijnor, Nagina, Amroha, Sambhal, Rampur, and Saharanpur. The public meetings in this campaign will specifical­ly emphasise the western region, with leaders like CM Yogi Adityanath, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari expected to address these gatherings.

Similarly, the party will target the four seats it lost in the eastern region during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, namely Ghosi, Lalganj, Ghazipur, and Jaunpur.

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