After successfully winning Urban local Bodies and Assembly by-elections, the BJP is gearing up for the next battle of ballots in the form of by-elections for Phulpur and Gorakhpur lok Sabha constituencies.
Gorakhpur was represented by Yogi Adityanath while his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya was the sitting MP from Phulpur constituency but both resigned from lok Sabha after they joined the state cabinet. Both of them are now members of UP Vidhan Parishad.
BJP spokesman Harish Chandra Srivastava said that the party has made party secretary Kaushlendra Singh and Anup Gupta in-charge of Gorakhpur Parliamentary by-election and would be assisted by local MlA Ram Chauhan.
For Phulpur lok Sabha seta, state minister Govind Shukla and Amar Pal Maurya will be in-charge and would be assisted by MlA Bhpendra Chaubey.
“These leaders will visit respective Parliamentary constituencies and submit their reports to the party,” Srivastava said in a statement issued in lucknow on Monday.
The dates of elections are yet to be declared but it is expected that they will be held soon.