Amit Shah to arrive in Lucknow on Oct 24

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Amit Shah to arrive in Lucknow on Oct 24

Sunday, 21 October 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah will visit Lucknow on October 24 and hold review meeting with leaders of party’s State organisation and the Government, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The meeting, slated to begin in the morning hours, is expected to continue till evening of October 24.

Besides Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh senior functionary Krishna Gopal, State BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey and general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal will attend the meeting.

The performance of the ministers of Yogi Cabinet and sitting BJP MPs are likely to be on top of the agenda of the  review meeting.

The turmoil caused in national politics by the recent statement of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring a legislation in Parliament for clearing the hurdles in construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya will also top the BJP chief’s agenda.

A senior leader of the BJP said here on Saturday that the Wednesday meeting would be crucial and would accelerate preparations for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Sources said the meeting could also propose to remove some Ministers of the Yogi Council of Ministers who were facing corruption charges.

Besides, the BJP brass would give some pep talk to the State brass to improve its performance on law and order front and step up welfare schemes for the poor and the downtrodden.

Meanwhile, a meeting of BJP’s State unit was held in Lucknow on Saturday. It was attended by all district chiefs, district in-charges, district convenors and in-charges of Lok Sabha constituencies and other office-bearers. 

General secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal directed the BJP State office-bearers to start preparations for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Bansal said that a ‘Run for Unity’ would be organised in each district on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31.  He asked party leaders to ensure participation of maximum number of people in the event.

The BJP general secretary (organisation) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would unveil the 182-metre statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat on October 31.

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