The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stepped up preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, convening a meeting of its state working committee in Lucknow on Friday, October 30. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the meeting, while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address the concluding session.
The meeting will focus on organisational shortcomings, the party's position at the booth level and preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections. The BJP is also expected to review its performance in constituencies where it did not achieve the expected results and discuss measures to strengthen its organisational presence.
Amit Shah will visit Lucknow for a few hours on Friday. According to his published itinerary, he will arrive at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at 10:40 am.
He will then travel by road to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, reaching the campus at 10:55 am. From 11 am to 12:30 pm, he will attend the BJP state working committee meeting.
Between 12:30 pm and 1 pm, Shah will participate in a scheduled programme at the university campus. Lunch has been scheduled from 1 pm to 2 pm. He is scheduled to depart for Delhi at 2:15 pm.
A day before the working committee meeting, BJP office-bearers held a preparatory meeting at the party's state headquarters on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary.
State general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh, co-in-charges Medha Kulkarni, Anant Ojha and Pradeep Verma were also present. Discussions covered the arrangements for the event and its political agenda.
Pankaj Chaudhary asked party office-bearers to intensify organisational efforts in areas where the party needs to strengthen its presence. Separate responsibilities were assigned for registration, food, transportation and other arrangements.
Dharampal Singh instructed party workers to ensure coordination and implement the arrangements through detailed micro-management.
Around 2,850 party leaders and office-bearers have been invited to the state working committee meeting.
Those expected to attend include Uttar Pradesh BJP in-charge Vinod Tawde, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with several senior party leaders.
The participants will also include MPs, MLAs, MLCs and leaders who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections as BJP candidates.
Regional presidents, district presidents, district general secretaries, mayors, district panchayat presidents and office-bearers of various party fronts will also participate.
Amit Shah's visit is being viewed as an important part of the BJP's preparations for Mission 2027 in Uttar Pradesh.
The party's focus will be on taking government schemes to households and expanding its support base at booths where its organisational presence remains weak.
Attention will also be on the political resolutions presented at the working committee meeting and the responsibilities assigned to the organisation ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
