New Delhi: There are still several months left for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2027, but the Bharatiya Janata Party has intensified its activities regarding election preparations. After Diwali, the party will try to strengthen its hold in the state through rallies of big leaders, organisational meetings, padayatras and door-to-door contact campaigns. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have been given an important role in this campaign.
At the same time, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP President Nitin Nabin and other senior leaders will also participate in different programmes. The emphasis of the party’s strategy is on activating the organisation at the booth level along with big events.
What are the preparations for PM Modi’s rallies in 18 divisions?
According to the initial plan of BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can hold public meetings in all 18 administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh. Through these rallies, preparations are being made to reach different parts of the state and present the schemes of the Central and State Government before the public. The party has said that it will speed up this campaign after November 20. However, the final schedule of the dates and venues of the rallies is yet to be decided.
Which responsibility has been assigned to Amit Shah?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will pay special attention to the election strategy and management of the organisation. His plan is to communicate directly with the workers through area-wise meetings and booth conferences. BJP has divided the state into six organisational areas. These include Western UP, Braj, Awadh, Kanpur-Bundelkhand, Kashi and Gorakhpur. Shah will review the preparedness of the organisation in these areas and will emphasise activating the workers at the grassroots level.
What will be the role of Nitin Nabin and Yogi Adityanath?
BJP national president Nitin Nabin will also participate in organisational meetings and public relations programmes in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, there is a plan to include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior party leaders in the campaign. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will participate in party programmes and padyatras in the state. His presence is proposed in the Western Region Padyatra in Ghaziabad on November 5.
What is the plan to reach every 50 families?
BJP has made a door-to-door contact campaign at the booth level an important part of its strategy. Under this, there is a plan to give each worker the responsibility of contacting at least 50 families. The workers will reach out to these families and provide information about government schemes, development works and public welfare programmes.
In the organisation’s meeting, the party’s state-in-charge, Vinod Tawde instructed the workers to increase contact with women, youth, first-time voters, farmers, small traders, ex-servicemen and beneficiaries of government schemes. Apart from this, there are also preparations to form election steering committees at the district and assembly level.
Why will there be emphasis on adding new names to the voter list?
The BJP has also given priority to the verification of voter lists and Special Intensive Revision or SIR. The party plans to get the names of eligible youth and women added to the voter list. For this, a campaign to fill Form 6 will be launched. Instructions have been given to prepare teams of workers in all 1918 organisational boards of the state and organise Chaupal and Jan Samvad at the Gram Sabha level.
In which six areas will the padyatras be held in November?
BJP is going to take out padyatras in the name of ‘Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy’ in six organisational areas of the state from November 3 to 5. A target of participation of at least 25 thousand people has been set in every padyatra.
According to the programme, on November 3, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will participate in the padyatra of Awadh region in Lucknow and JP Nadda will participate in the padyatra of Braj region in Bareilly. On November 4, Nitin Nabin in Gorakhpur and Keshav Prasad Maurya in Prayagraj will lead the programme. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak will be present in Kanpur on the same day. On November 5, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will participate in the padyatra of the western region in Ghaziabad.
Will there be a focus on youth and social media also?
BJP’s strategy also includes connecting with young voters. The party is preparing to organise youth conferences across the state. According to a report, there is a plan to organise about 200 youth conferences. Along with this, local workers have been asked to be active on social media and share photos, videos and updates of regional programmes.
Overall, BJP has started the effort to activate the organisation from booth to state level before the 2027 assembly elections. In the coming November and December, the party is going to focus on door-to-door contact, voter list revision and organisational programmes, along with meetings of big leaders.
