Bulking up organisational muscle in UP ahead of urban local body polls

The losses in the recent by-elections in Uttar Pradesh are spurring the BJP to recover ground ahead of urban local body polls

With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections less than 15 months away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has launched spadework for necessary organisational changes for the upcoming polls.
 
In UP, the BJP won 71 and 62 seats (without allies) in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, respectively. Of the BJP’s national tally of 282 and 303 seats, respectively, in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, Uttar Pradesh accounted for 25 per cent and 20 per cent.
 
UP, which accounts for 80 Lok Sabha seats, the highest across states, holds the key for any political