BJP to apprise Govt achievements

Lucknow: Barely a week after the stunning bypoll results of Kairana and Noorpur were announced, senior BJP leaders embarked on a mission to reach out to the voters in Uttar Pradesh and inform them about the work done by the Narendra Modi-led government in the last four years.

Called the Vishesh Sampark Abhiyaan (Special Contact Campaign), the 15-day programme, which began on June 1, is likely to witness a number of Union ministers, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh, descending at different places across the state. They would make an effort to communicate to the public the Centre's achievements in the past 48 months. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his deputy Dinesh Sharma, and a number of his ministerial colleagues were likely to reach out to peoaple in different districts. "Some Union ministers likely to be in the state are Rajnath Singh (in Lucknow), Manoj Sinha (Aligarh on June 13), VK Singh (Varanasi on June 9), Satyapal Singh (Allahabad on June 10), Santosh Gangwar (Agra on June 14), Mahesh Sharma (Faizabad), Shiv Pratap Shukla (Bareilly on June 11) and Krishnaraj (Firozabad on June 7)." PTI