People will vote for lotus, lotus will bloom: Uttar Pradesh Minister Jaiveer Singh ahead of by-elections
Oct 12, 2024
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 12 : Ahead of the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh said that people will vote for the BJP and the lotus would bloom.
Jaiveer Singh said, "People will vote for the lotus (BJP's symbol) and the lotus will bloom."
Revealing details about the Deepotsav event in Ayodhya, Singh said that a new Guinness Book of World Records would be created and the old record would be broken.
He further said, "We are continuously working on making a Guinness Book of World Records. Every year, we make a new record and break the old record. This time too, we will break our old record and make a new Guinness Book of World Records."
Senior BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh are expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Health Minister and party chief JP Nadda tomorrow in the national capital to discuss the upcoming by-elections in the state and other organisational issues.
Sources said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak and state general secretary (Organization) Dharampal Singh are expected to attend the meeting.
"Discussion will primarily focus on upcoming by-elections," a source said.
Sources said the setback suffered by the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls could also figure in the discussions. BJP could win only 33 seats compared to.62 it won in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"There is a possibility that there could be discussion on the setbacks the party suffered in Uttar Pradesh in the election," the source said.
Samajwadi Party, led by Akhilesh Yadav, won 37 seats in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. Congress, which fought the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Samajwadi Party as part of INDIA bloc, won six seats in the state.
The Election Commission may soon announce dates for the by-elections to the 10 Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. The vacant seats are Phulpur, Khair, Ghaziabad, Majhwan, Mirapur, Milkypur, Karhal, Katehari, Kundarki and Sisamau.
