UP elections: Focus on Ayodhya, Kashi govt schemes, Shah tells BJP office bearers
Hindustan TimesWith just a few months left for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah has directed Bharatiya Janata Party office-bearers in Kashi and Gorakhpur regions to keep their election campaign centred around Ayodhya and Varanasi, and on the government’s development schemes, party functionaries familiar with the matter said. **EDS: IMAGE PROVIDED BY BJP** Hardoi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting ahead of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Hardoi, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Among those present in the meeting were BJP Kashi region president Mahesh Chandra Srivastava, in-charge Subrata Pathak, state co-in-charge Sunil Ojha, election co-in-charge Saroj Pandey, state vice president Laxman Acharya and Goraksh region president Dharmendra Singh. Samajwadi Party state spokesperson Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi said: “The double engine government of the BJP failed to carry out any development in Uttar Pradesh.