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BJP holds UP feedback meetings four months before polls
The Indian Express·
Four months before Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP began a feedback drive on internal differences. Meetings in Varanasi and Sultanpur this month involved national president Nitin Nabin, co-incharges Jagdish Patel and Pradip Kumar Varma, and RSS joint general secretary Arun Kumar. Leaders said district teams were not countering Samajwadi Party attacks on Yogi Adityanath firmly enough.
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What It Means For You
- A senior functionary said the exercise lets workers vent and the party will note concerns raised.
- One leader alleged workers with bouquet access to Delhi and Lucknow leaders win posts over ground staff.
- Another suggested replacing sitting MLAs in the Varanasi region with fresh faces, sources said.
What's Happening
- Nabin chaired an October 8 Varanasi meeting with former Kashi region office-bearers.
- Smriti Irani, UP president Pankaj Chaudhary and Patel attended that session, sources said.
- Patel and Varma ran an October 14-15 workshop for vistaraks covering 71 Kashi and 62 Gorakhpur seats.
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- Regional leaders flagged disappointment over alleged neglect by sections of party leadership and the state administration.
- Leaders discussed accommodating outsiders in senior organisational posts versus ministerial berths.
- The statewide exercise aims to galvanise workers ahead of the 2027 polls, The Indian Express reported.
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