PM Modi attends crucial BJP, RSS meet on UP election strategy year before polls

PM Modi and Amit Shah on Sunday attended a meeting of BJP and RSS leaders to discuss the party’s strategy ahead of the 2022 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. The Adityanath-led government has come under severe criticism for their handling of the Covid-19 situation.

The BJP has started work on the party’s election strategy for the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh amidst concerns that the handling of the Covid-19 crisis could have an adverse impact on the party’s prospects in the crucial poll next year. Several senior leaders have been in a huddle in the past few days to discuss the way forward for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reportedly attended a meeting of the BJP and its ideological parent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to discuss the party's strategy. Senior leaders of RSS and the BJP discussed the impact of the ongoing Covid crisis on the election in UP next year and the strategy that will be adopted by the party to strengthen its position in the state.