Senior BJP leader in 'feedback' meeting in UP months ahead of Assembly Polls

BJP national general secretary BL Santosh held one-on-one meetings with various ministers and he is also in a meeting on Tuesday.

The meeting is taking place at a time the Yogi government is massively criticised over its handling of COVID-19 situation in the state.

Visuals showing bodies of dead COVID-19 patients floating on river Ganga flashed on television screens days ago, coupled with hospitals struggling to cope with the influx of infected people, who also suffered due to shortage of oxygen.

There has been an open criticism of the government's handling of the pandemic by several BJP leaders, adding worries to the top brass.

As per media reports, there can be a reshuffle in the state cabinet though a replacement of the Chief Minister is unlikely.

In the last week of May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who virtually lead the BJP nationally, held a meeting with other leaders to fix the poll strategy for the 2022 Assembly Elections.

Just days after getting decimated in the West Bengal polls, the BJP was surprised by reverses in the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Though no candidate fought on a party symbol, the BJP-backed leaders were pipped by Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP).

Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country, is key for the BJP and of course others as well to wrest power in the road to 2024 General Elections.

In the 2017 Assembly Elections, the BJP had won over 300 of 403 seats and won a huge number of seats in Lok Sabha polls both in 2014 and 2019.