Nadda holds meet with UP CM, others

The BJP National President JP Nadda, who arrived in Lucknow on a two-day visit late Thursday, will review and mobilise party leaders and cadre in the run-up to the forthcoming Panchayat polls and 2022 Assembly elections.

Nadda is holding a series of meetings with ministers of the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet, party state functionaries, party MPs and MLAs, and others.

Nadda held a meeting with the party core group members to take stock of the preparations for the ensuing Panchayat polls and 2022 Assembly elections in UP. The party has already launched an exercise to assess BJP's position in all 403 assembly constituencies to make an elaborate plan for combating anti-incumbency.

State party president Swatantra Dev Singh said: “His visit will certainly boost the morale of the party leaders and cadre engaged in preparations for the Pancayat and 2022 Assembly polls.”

Nadda will meet ministers of the Adityanath Cabinet on Friday to review their performance. During his meeting he may also discuss the issue of inclusion of bureaucrat-turned politician Arvind Kumar Sharma into the Cabinet.