Eye on Assembly polls, Nabin to visit Lucknow today, hold separate meetings with CM, DyCMs, BJP workers

According to sources, Nabin will hold an organisational meeting with newly appointed state BJP office-bearers, regional presidents, state morcha chiefs and district presidents, review the ongoing organisational programmes and guide them on future campaign programmes.

He will then meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the two Deputy Chief Ministers, party MPs, MLAs and Legislative Council members at a five-star hotel and discuss the ongoing welfare schemes of the state government and coordination between the government and the party organisation. Immediately afterward, he will hold a meeting with the UP BJP core committee and later in the evening meet prominent personalities, said sources.

Later in the evening, Nabin will have a dinner meeting with Adityanath. The next day, he will start with a tea interaction with former BJP state presidents of Uttar Pradesh and get feedback and suggestions for Assembly poll preparations, sources said. Nearly nine former state presidents, including Vinay Katiyar, are expected to attend the meeting. Katiyar is vocal on the issue of alleged embezzlement of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.

Nabin will further hold a joint meeting with NDA leaders in the state, including Apna Dal (Sonelal), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Nishad Party. The meeting is significant as leaders of allies have started identifying Assembly seats they wish to contest.

The BJP chief will later hold separate discussions with Deputy CMs Maurya and Pathak at their respective residences. Later, he will visit the local RSS office for a meeting with the key Sangh functionaries and their affiliates.

Nabin will also address Shakti Kendra conveners at Rashtriya Prerna Sthal and conclude his tour with a visit to the residence of Dalit BJP booth president Shivaji Rawat, where discussions will be held on the BJP’s booth-level activities and programmes.