Senior BJP leaders to hold padyatras in election-bound UP before Diwali

New Delhi: It will be a week of padyatras for Uttar Pradesh BJP, with senior party leaders set to cover all six regions of the state through scheduled marches. The programme is part of BJP's ongoing month-long 'Save Democracy, End Anarchy' campaign.

Senior BJP leaders, including national president Nitin Nabin, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Union ministers JP Nadda and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and deputy CMs KP Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, will participate in the yatras.

On November 3, Union minister Chouhan will lead a padyatra in Lucknow's Awadh region while Nadda will lead a march in Bareilly in the Braj region. On November 4, Nabin will lead a padyatra in Gorakhpur while Maurya will lead the march in Prayagraj.


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On November 5, the CM will lead a similar yatra in Ghaziabad while Pathak will lead the march in Kanpur.

Sources in BJP told ET that the party plans to involve members of civil society in the yatras to send a message that the Opposition is attempting to destabilise the country and create anarchy through its protests.

"The people of this country have faith in the constitutional authorities and have repeatedly rejected this bunch of Opposition parties. It is the same players who are now trying a different template, but the people of UP will not let them succeed in their malafide intentions," Rakesh Tripathi, UP BJP spokesperson, told ET.