New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah will visit Uttar Pradesh after Chhath to take stock of the BJP’s poll preparedness and address organisational discontent, while party president Nitin Nabin is scheduled to attend a two-day “chintan baithak” in the state from November 16, as the ruling party steps up preparations for the Assembly elections due early next year.
Shah’s proposed visit comes amid complaints reaching the party’s central leadership that the BJP cadres in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh have become inactive, “cadre ghar par baith gaya hai” (cadre sitting at home).
The leadership has also received complaints of organisational confusion, lack of coordination and multiple power centres within the state unit.
The Union home minister is expected to take charge of the party’s election strategy and poll management, with the BJP aiming for a hat-trick under chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s leadership.
During his visit, Shah is likely to hold meetings with state leaders, party workers and election functionaries to streamline the organisation and review preparations.
Booth-level management is also expected to figure prominently in his discussions.
Shah will also meet the leaders of NDA allies during his Uttar Pradesh visit.
The allies have been pressing the BJP leadership to formally start the seat-sharing discussions and finalise the seat pacts at the earliest.
The allies have stepped up their outreach to the BJP leadership over seat-sharing.
Nishad Party chief and ally Sanjay Nishad met Shah in New Delhi on Friday, seeking his “guidance, advice and suggestions” and discussing strategies to secure victory in the 2027 Assembly elections.
The BJP’s two-day chintan baithak, beginning November 16, will be attended by Nabin, Adityanath, his two deputies, election in-charges and other senior party leaders.
The meeting is expected to focus on the party’s electoral strategy and organisational preparedness.
The BJP leadership’s concerns have also been reinforced by the party’s recent performance in the MLC elections, in which it lost its traditional Lucknow graduate constituency seat and trailed by wider margins in the five seats won by the Samajwadi Party.
Internal surveys reportedly attributed the setbacks to a lacklustre approach among party workers and poor coordination within the organisation.
Shah had last visited Uttar Pradesh on October 30 to address the newly constituted state executive committee.
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