The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday flagged off its 'Jan Vishwas Yatra' from six places in Uttar Pradesh, in the run-up to the state assembly elections next year. The campaign was launched by the party's top leaders including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several Union ministers. Yatras were taken out from Bijnor, Mathura, Jhansi, Ghazipur, Ambedkar Nagar, and Ballia.
While party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda flagged off the Jan Vishwas Yatra from Ambedkar Nagar, UP CM Yogi Adityanth inaugurated the second yatra from Mathura.
The third Yatra was flagged off by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commencing from Jhansi and concluding in Kanpur. The fourth yatra started from Bijnor's Bidurkoti, which was inaugurated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the fifth journey from Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh and will conclude in Basti.
The sixth yatra and final phase of the Jan Vishwas Yatra will be inaugurated by Union minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani. The yatra will commence at Ghazipur and conclude in her own Parliamentary constituency of Amethi.
Uttar Pradesh is slated to go to assembly polls early next year. In the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly while Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and Congress could manage to win only seven seats. The rest of the seats were bagged by other candidates.
(with ANI inputs)
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