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CM Yogi becomes the star campaigner of Bharatiya Janata Party

PNS

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been made the star campaigner of Bharatiya Janata Party in poll-bound Karnataka. The Assembly poll in the southern state would be held on May 12. Yogi would embark upon his mission from the next month. In the first phase, he would campaign on May 3 and 4 followed by four-day electioneering from May 7 to wind up the campaigning for the BJP. BJP sources said in lucknow on Tuesday that during campaigning, Yogi will hold public meetings along with road shows. “While the present schedule envisages six days of total campaigning for Yogi in Karnataka, but it could be increased as per the demand from candidates there,” sources said.  “The main focus of the UP CM’s campaign would be to target voters from northern India. Besides, the head of Gorakhnath Peth will also woo Hindu religious centres in favour of the BJP,” sources said. During Tripura and Gujarat Assembly polls, Yogi Adityanath undertook intensive campaigning for the BJP and was instrumental in the party’s victory in both states along with Himachal Pradesh.