BJP top leaders rushing to UP to ward off party’s sure defeat in UP: Akhilesh

Lucknow | Friday | 12th November, 2021

Summary:

Lucknow, Nov 12 (PTI) The top BJP leaders are feeling uneasy over the party’s sure defeat in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and that is why they are rushing to state repeatedly, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Friday.

Yadav made the claim shortly after Union Home Minister and former BJP president Amit Shah reached Varanasi to discuss the party’s poll strategy for the upcoming assembly election.

Shah is also slated to visit Azamgarh, Yadav’s parliamentary constituency during his current two-day visit.

Earlier during the day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Lucknow to attend a meeting for promoting investment in UP Defence Industrial Corridor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway on November 16.

"The top BJP leadership is feeling uneasy seeing its defeat in the upcoming assembly polls.

This is the reason every week some of its leaders are rushing to the state.