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Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday spoke of “sarkar aur sangathan (government and party)” making a united effort aimed at ensuring a ‘bhajapamay (all BJP)’ Uttar Pradesh in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The chief minister said this while showering praise on an all-new team of state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary and general secretary (organisation) Dharampal, both OBC leaders from west U.P. Yogi Adityanath also lauded former U.P. BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, crediting him for the wins party achieved during his “3 years and 3 month” long tenure. Yogi Adityanath also credited Chaudhary for the BJP win in panchayat elections in the state.
“U.P. is a big state with 18 commissionerates, 75 districts, 826 development blocks, 3000 plus nyay panchayats, more than 58,000 gram panchayats, more than 1.10 lakh revenue villages. You would have seen during Bhupendra ji’s tenure as panchayati raj minister, the BJP won 67 of the 75 zila panchayat chief posts. Of the 826 development blocks, more than 650 block pramukhs were from the BJP. Most of the gram panchayats now have a BJP member as gram pradhans. Bhupendra Singhji’s tenure also saw the state taking a giant stride towards making the state ODF plus plus,” Yogi Adityanath said.
