Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP to launch blitzkrieg campaign for next five phases; Shah, Nadda, Rajnath to hold rallies

With just 18 days left for the last phases of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to conclude, the BJP top leadership will be launching a blitzkrieg campaign across the state over the remaining five phases where prominent leaders, including Amit Shah and JP Nadda will be canvassing for votes seeking another term for Yogi Adityanath. The push by the BJP in the last phases comes as the party aims to secure a clear majority in the state. Several central ministers and crowd-pullers such as Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Shantanu Thakur, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Uma Bharti, Gautam Gambhir, Tejasvi Surya, Manoj Tiwari, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Nirauah will be deputed in the state and are expected to hold rallies and public contact programmes. Click here to know more about Assembly Elections 2022 The BJP has roped in its top leaders to cover all the Assembly constituencies, which are scheduled to go to voting in the next five phases. While Union home minister Amit Shah will be campaigning for nine days in UP starting from today, he would also be in Manipur on 20 and 26 February. His tentative schedule dates in UP are on 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 28 February and 1, 2 and 4 March. The target is to address at least three to four ‘sabhas’ in different assemblies. BJP national president JP Nadda is expected to campaign for eight days in UP from 18 to 20 February, 22-23 February, 26 February and 1- 2 March when he would be campaigning for the party candidates. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh too would be campaigning in the state for at least eight days. He is scheduled to be in the state from 19-20 February, 24-25 February, 27 February, and 2 and 4 March. Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari will be in UP for five days starting 22-23 February and 1-3 March. Commerce minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to be campaigning in UP from 22-23 February, 27-28 February and 2 March. Besides, the BJP has drawn up a list of 41 other leaders, including Smriti Irani, Manohar Lal Khattar, Dushyant Gautam, Shahnawaz Hussain, Gautam Gambhir, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan and Manoj Tiwari, who will be campaigning in the poll-bound state. Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News ,  India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.