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Months ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Prant Pracharak Baithak will take place in Chitrakoot.
BJP will be looking to retain power under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. However, BJP is also wary since under Yogi the government has faced flak over its handling of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh early next year will be crucial in BJP’s attempt to seek a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024. With 80 Lok Sabha seats in the bag the rod to Delhi is through Uttar Pradesh surely.
A four-day meeting of RSS Prant Pracharaks is set to begin on July 9. The crucial meeting of the Sangh, which is an annual event, is being considered significant in the wake of Assembly polls in the state.
Senior functionaries believe that crucial decisions regarding the responsibilities of top functionaries can be taken.
While Sangh has always distanced itself from elections, sources stated that few crucial decisions regarding who will coordinate with Bharatiya Janata Party on Sangh’s behalf, across the country, can be taken.
“Till now Krishna Gopal ji use to coordinate between Sangh and the BJP. A senior Prachark gets this responsibility in Sangh. It can be assessed whether this responsibility should remain with Krishan Gopal or given to someone else. There are possibilities of others getting new responsibilities as well,” said a senior functionary.
Sources stated that this charge of new responsibilities can be effective at the state as well as national level.
While Sangh functionaries are calling it a routine meeting, many in the political circles are viewing it as crucial ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
