KANPUR: The meeting of the state operating panel of BJP in Kanpur on Thursday is vital for two causes - municipal polls in RSS strongholds of Mathura and Ayodhya and the potential for the Opposition coming in combination.
While Mathura and Ayodhya face municipal polls for the primary time as they had been declared municipal companies through the UP cupboard this year, the impending polls may unite the SP, BSP and Congress towards the BJP. The 'mahagathbandhan', if formed, could pose a problem for the BJP.
Besides, because the elections will likely be held 8 months after the Yogi executive got here to power, the results are anticipated to be a referendum on the state executive's performance. Understandably, chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi spent the whole of Thursday on the meeting in Kanpur.
A senior chief instructed TOI that the polls had been even more an important as they might be held around the similar time as elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
A poor showing in the native our bodies' polls will have a direct have an effect on on polls in the two states and vice versa. Many senior party leaders, therefore, need simultaneous elections, a party insider said.
While in the earlier municipal polls, the BJP had carried out smartly, successful 11 of the 14 mayoral seats, there are 16 municipal companies to contend for this time.
Yogi held discussions with senior leaders together with UP in price Om Mathur, UP chief Pandey, deputy CMs Dinesh Sharma and Maurya and urban construction minister Suresh Khanna.
Another fear is the problem of accommodating candidates urged through "outsiders" who joined the BJP since Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Besides, the results of the native our bodies' elections would possibly have an effect on the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 too.
"Ensuring victory at booth and ward level is our priority and our political goal, as the party has to create a record by winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019," said Pandey.
With this in thoughts, BJP has made up our minds to centralise the choice technique of candidates for native polls as an alternative giving the powers to district and regional committees as earlier. Though BJP leaders deny that the process is being centralised, party insiders said the decision has come in the wake of access of several outsiders, MLAs and ministers from other parties.
While Mathura and Ayodhya face municipal polls for the primary time as they had been declared municipal companies through the UP cupboard this year, the impending polls may unite the SP, BSP and Congress towards the BJP. The 'mahagathbandhan', if formed, could pose a problem for the BJP.
Besides, because the elections will likely be held 8 months after the Yogi executive got here to power, the results are anticipated to be a referendum on the state executive's performance. Understandably, chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi spent the whole of Thursday on the meeting in Kanpur.
A senior chief instructed TOI that the polls had been even more an important as they might be held around the similar time as elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
A poor showing in the native our bodies' polls will have a direct have an effect on on polls in the two states and vice versa. Many senior party leaders, therefore, need simultaneous elections, a party insider said.
While in the earlier municipal polls, the BJP had carried out smartly, successful 11 of the 14 mayoral seats, there are 16 municipal companies to contend for this time.
Yogi held discussions with senior leaders together with UP in price Om Mathur, UP chief Pandey, deputy CMs Dinesh Sharma and Maurya and urban construction minister Suresh Khanna.
Another fear is the problem of accommodating candidates urged through "outsiders" who joined the BJP since Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Besides, the results of the native our bodies' elections would possibly have an effect on the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 too.
"Ensuring victory at booth and ward level is our priority and our political goal, as the party has to create a record by winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019," said Pandey.
With this in thoughts, BJP has made up our minds to centralise the choice technique of candidates for native polls as an alternative giving the powers to district and regional committees as earlier. Though BJP leaders deny that the process is being centralised, party insiders said the decision has come in the wake of access of several outsiders, MLAs and ministers from other parties.
BJP meet to frame strategy for civic polls in UP
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