Purvanchal key to BJP poll strategy after farm unrest, Lakhimpur row
The New Indian Express Chennai|October 26, 2021
PM Modi’s second trip to the region within five days shows its importance in UP elections
NAMITA BAJPAI
Purvanchal key to BJP poll strategy after farm unrest, Lakhimpur row

THE Centre’s robust push to the development of Purvanchal is underscored by the fact that five of the nine medical colleges inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi are in eastern region of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

Political pundits asserted that by choosing Siddharthnagar and Varanasi to inaugurate the major welfare projects, PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath gave a subtle political message to the people of this region.

The popular saying is that the path to Lucknow goes through Purvanchal. For the BJP, it is an issue of prestige as the constituencies of both Modi and Yogi fall in eastern UP.

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