Prior to the much-anticipated state elections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP high command has instructed its MPs to participate in ‘Ashirvad Yatras,’ a movement aimed at bringing people together and asking blessings from the ordinary people.
On August 16, the Jan Ashirwad Yatra will commence.
JP Nadda, the BJP’s national president, addressed members of parliament from three districts in Uttar Pradesh, which is in the midst of a state election. Four new members of the Union Council of Ministers are from Uttar Pradesh, and they will embark on a Jan Ashirwad Yatra across at least three Lok Sabha constituencies “to seek the people’s blessings.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ to engage with the public months before the state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Four newly inducted Central ministers from Uttar Pradesh will lead the Yatra’s initial phase in the pre-assigned areas.
From Lucknow Airport, Mohanlalganj MP Kaushal Kishore will lead the Yatra, which will begin on Monday. Lakhimpur MP Ajay Mishra and Maharajganj MP Pankaj Chaudhary will also begin their Yatra from Lucknow Airport. Another minister, BL Verma, would begin his ‘Yatra’ in Mathura and end in Badaun.
Kaushal Kishore, a BJP MP, is from the Pasi community, BL Verma is from the Lodhi community, Ajay Mishra is from the Brahmin community, and Pankaj Chaudhary is from the Kurmi community. These leaders’ routes have also been planned with the caste equations of the districts they will visit during the Yatra in mind.
There will be meetings at several locations throughout the Jan Ashirwad Yatra. According to statistics, Yadavs have the biggest population among the backward classes in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Kurmis and Lodhs.
Pankaj Chaudhary, a Kurmi MP, is among the BJP MPs who are participating in the first phase of the Yatra. BL Verma, a member of the Lodhi community, will begin his Yatra from Mathura at the same time. Kurmi caste has 6 MPs and 26 MLAs in Uttar Pradesh at the time. In the state’s Rohilkhand and Bundelkhand regions, the Lodh caste is claimed to be prevalent.
On Wednesday, Nadda spoke to a group of 39 MPs from the state’s Kanpur, Braj, and Western Uttar Pradesh regions, and he is scheduled to speak to a group of MPs from three other regions on Thursday.
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Swatantra Dev Singh, the party’s state president, were present at the meeting.
The MPs were briefed on central government projects during the meeting so that they may be effectively communicated to the public.
MPs have been told to concentrate more on their constituencies and to establish direct contact with the general public and party workers. They have also been tasked with disseminating information about the government’s key programmes and development projects to the general public.
