The BJP in Uttar Pradesh will launch its four Parivartan Yatras without naming a chief ministerial candidate.
The BJP in Uttar Pradesh will launch its four Parivartan Yatras without naming a chief ministerial candidate.
The four yatras, which begin from four different parts of the state, will be led by different leaders from time to time, implying that the BJP will not be projecting a “face” for the state elections as of now. The yatras will serve as a precursor for the election campaign that will formally begin in October, with a rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Top leaders, including Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Kalraj Misra, Mahendra Pandey, Manoj Singh, Mahesh Sharma, Krishna Raj, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and senior leaders like Om Mathur, Keshav Maurya, Dinesh Sharma, Ram Shankar Katehria and Yogi Adityanath will be joining the yatra from time to time. The idea is to give the impression of collective leadership through these yatras,” said a senior party leader.
The date of the yatras is still not confirmed, though a section of the state leadership wants it to begin from September 25, the birth anniversary of party ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
However, another section of leaders feel that since this date comes during the “Pitra Paksh” period — a time to remember the dead and considered inauspicious for starting new ventures — it would be better to postpone the yatras till Navratri, which is considered an auspicious time.
“The four yatras will mainly seek to publicise the achievements of the Modi government in the past two-and-a-half years and also expose the lack of governance and development in the SP and BSP regimes. The yatras will also mobilise party workers across the state,” state BJP president Keshav Maurya said
