UP Election 2022: Amit Shah takes charge, key meet today in Varanasi

Election season haa truly on in Uttar Pradesh and Amit Shah has taken charge of the BJP poll battle.

The home minister, who was credited with the BJP's landslide win in 2017, will chair a meeting of party's incharges of 403 UP constituencies today in Varanasi.

Shah will also reportedly meet district level leaders and senior state leaders. The roadmap of poll programmes and activities is likely to be drawn up in the meeting in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency.

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On October 29, Shah had launched a BJP membership drive for the state from Lucknow. While launching the drive, he had also made clear that Adityanath would be the party’s chief ministerial face in the elections.

Shah will also visit Azamgarh, Basti and CM Yogi Adityanath's stronghold Gorakhpur during his two-day visit.

So what is Amit Shah's masterplan for the big 2022 battle:

The BJP has set a target of 350 seats this time. The party strategy is to corner 50% of votes in UP.

The state has around 15 crore voters and on an average sees 60% polling, which means around 10 crore votes. The party is eyeing 5 crore of these.

This is where the new membership drive comes in. BJP already claims to have 2.5 cr members in the state.

Amit Shah has set a target of 1.5 crore new members for the state BJP leaders ahead of the elections. With 4 crore registered members, party aims to cross the 5 crore votes mark.

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Second, alliances in Purvanchal: While former ally OP Rajbhar has defected to the SP, the BJP has sealed its alliances with the Nishad Party and Apna Dal in Purvanchal. Both the parties have pockets of influence in Eastern UP.

Thirdly, the BJP aims to keep Caste equations intact. The party is trying to woo the non-Jatav Dalits, keep its core base of the forward castes with the party and get more non-Yadav OBCs in its fold.

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