In UP, BJP likely to ride on Vajpayee's name in run-up to 2019 LS polls
Will the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, ride on the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died on Thursday after a prolonged illness aged 93? Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that "special works" would be initiated in places that were linked to the three-time Prime Minister's life span. Catch all the latest news about Lok Sabha elections 2019 HERE "Vajpayee-ji was etched in 'kan-kan' of the state", and it would only be befitting for the party, which he nurtured from nowhere to become the biggest political entity in the world, to "do a lot of activity in his memory," says State general secretary, Govind Narayan Shukla. Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be at the epicenter of campaigning in 2019, as he seeks a second term, memories of Vajpayee -- statesman, poet and prime minister -- is likely to be used as an electioneering plank to match, if not better, its 2014 score of 71 out of 80 parliamentary seats from the state.
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