UP BJP MLAs not to attend NLC in Mumbai

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs has decided not to attend the three-day National Legislator’s Conference (NLC) Bharat meet in Mumbai to take place between June 15 and 17, as they were asked by the party to focus on the ongoing public connect campaign underway in the state.

There are about 200 lawmakers from UP, including members of the Upper House of the Uttar Pradesh state legislature, who have enrolled for the NLC, in which lawmakers and speakers of various Assemblies are expected to participate.

Though there is no official confirmation received yet about the party's decision, the decision has been taken to ensure that the party lawmakers get to focus on the 'maha jansampark abhiyaan’, the mega public connects initiative that would run through most of June, confirmed party sources.

As part of this mass-connect campaign, the party has planned rallies and visits by senior leaders in each of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies across the state in which the party leadership wants the presence of lawmakers in these outreach campaigns.

Besides these rallies, the party is also holding 'prabuddhjan sammelan (intellectual meets). The participation of BJP lawmakers is expected in the events, said a party functionary when asked about the plan behind holding back its lawmakers from the Mumbai meeting in which about 2,500 lawmakers and speakers from different states and parties are expected to participate.

The BJP has also planned 'Dhanyawad Modi (Thank You Modi)' meets in each of the 17 municipal corporations where the party won this time.

In 2017, when there were only 16 municipal corporations, the BJP had won mayoral posts in 14 of them while the BSP secured two. This time, the BJP won all, including the newly-formed Shahjahanpur municipal corporation.

In most of these public outreach initiatives, the BJP is attempting to approach the common man with the policies of the Modi-Yogi governments, and party leaders.

"While previous governments would only make promises, the BJP governments of Modi and Yogi at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh have ensured that the benefits of the government schemes reach the poorest of the poor. Our governments have consistently adopted the practice of approaching the masses with our party government's report card. Such public outreach will continue. All leaders and lawmakers are part of these drives," the BJP leader said.

With inputs from IANS