Uttar Pradesh Assembly By-Elections 2024: UP BJP Leaders To Meet Amit Shah, JP Nadda To Discuss Upcoming By-Polls
Senior BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh are expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Health Minister and party chief JP Nadda tomorrow in the national capital to discuss the upcoming by-elections in the state and other organisational issues.
New Delhi, October 12: Senior BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh are expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Health Minister and party chief JP Nadda tomorrow in the national capital to discuss the upcoming by-elections in the state and other organisational issues. Sources said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak and state general secretary (Organization) Dharampal Singh are expected to attend the meeting.
"Discussion will primarily focus on upcoming by-elections," a source said. Sources said the setback suffered by the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls could also figure in the discussions. BJP could win only 33 seats compared to.62 it won in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. "There is a possibility that there could be discussion on the setbacks the party suffered in Uttar Pradesh in the election," the source said. Uttar Pradesh Assembly By-Elections 2024: After Congress Loss in Haryana, Akhilesh Yadav-Led Samajwadi Party Announces Candidates for UP Bypolls in Surprise Move.
Samajwadi Party, led by Akhilesh Yadav, won 37 seats in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. .Congress, which fought the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Samajwadi Party as part of INDIA bloc, won six seats in the state. The Election Commission may soon announce dates for the by-elections to the 10 Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. The vacant seats are Phulpur, Khair, Ghaziabad, Majhwan, Mirapur, Milkypur, Karhal, Katehari, Kundarki and Sisamau. The bypolls are crucial for BJP as well as the opposition parties. The BJP would be keen to regain its winning momentum in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Assembly By-Elections 2024: Bypolls on 10 Seats INDIA Bloc’s First Major Test in UP Since Lok Sabha Gains.
The Samajwadi Party has already declared candidates on six of the ten seats and has said it would contest the bypolls with the Congress.
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