Amit Shah Attends BJP War Room Meeting On Upcoming Assembly Polls
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Five states are expected to have assembly elections in February and March -- Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Led by Union Minister Amit Shah, the BJP held a meeting at its war-room in Delhi to discuss the coming round of state elections early next year. Five states are expected to have assembly elections in February and March -- Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The party already rules in four states barring Punjab and they are hoping for a comfortable comeback in at least three. The only possible challenge is expected to lie in the huge, politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Two days ago, senior BJP leaders from the state had met party chief JP Nadda in Delhi. The agenda of the four-hour meet, sources said, was the possible fallout of the events of October 3 -- the running over of four protesting farmers allegedly by Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.
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