Major shake-up in BJP's UP leadership likely as party top brass holds meetings

UP BJP president offers to resign; organisational revamp may focus on OBC leadership

- VINAY KUMAR

A big churn in the organisational setup of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on the cards in Uttar Pradesh after the party suffered a debacle in the most crucial state of the Hindi heartland in the recently held Lok Sabha election.

In fast-paced political developments over the past two days, state BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary, it is learned, has taken responsibility for the party’s poor show and offered to step down. He is said to have made the offer during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Capital on Wednesday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah met PM Modi at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence to discuss the next move.

Key BJP leaders of Uttar Pradesh have been camping in the national capital and are busy in a series of meetings with the party’s top brass. Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya met BJP national president JP Nadda, stoking the buzz of a big revamp.