Amit Shah kicks off UP BJP's state working committee meeting ahead of polls

Lucknow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday kickstarted proceedings of the State Working Committee meeting of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP.

Shah is the chief guest of the State Working Committee meeting held only months before the state goes to polls.

Harishchandra Srivastava, a member of the BJP State Working Committee and former state spokesperson, informed PTI that the meeting is being held under the chairmanship of state BJP president and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary.


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and several prominent leaders are present at the meeting held in an auditorium of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University.

The Union minister lit a ceremonial lamp, and paid floral tributes to portraits of Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deendayal Upadhyaya as slogans of "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" rang through the auditorium.

Other key leaders present at the meeting include the BJP's state in-charge and national general secretary, Vinod Tawde, and national general secretary Smriti Irani.

Govind Narayan Shukla, a BJP Member of the Legislative Council and former state general secretary, is conducting the proceedings of the meeting.

Senior BJP leader Shah arrived in Lucknow amid a slight drizzle. CM Adityanath, state BJP chief Chaudhary and other leaders welcomed him at the airport.