LUCKNOW: BJP leader Uma Bharati-led Ganga Samagra Yatra that concluded at Gangotri
in Uttarakhand on Sunday may or may not have been able to sensitise and
mobilise the common man, but, it certainly threw up several questions
for the party leaders especially from the state to answer.
It is confirmed that the yatra failed to impress the common man in UP as much as it did in Bihar. Team Uma members, who had been part of the yatra since the beginning—from Gangasagar in West Bengal on September 20—confide it didn't evoke the response it could have in the largest and the most significant politically Uttar Pradesh. The response was poor compared to Bihar and UP, another member of the team had said. Neither Uma nor state BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpayi agreed. While Bajpayi told TOI the party did what it was told to do by senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries, Uma said she was satisfied with UP BJP's role in the yatra.
Interestingly, the press communique issued by state BJP also states that the yatra got memorable support at Hajipur in Bihar while a huge rally was held at Kannauj in UP. It adds that 5,100 women observed fast in support of the yatra while 21,000 pots were distributed filled with Gangajal from Gangotri. It also talks about good response to aarti at Sahebganj, Kahalgaaon and Patna in Bihar and Varanasi. The yatra travelled 3,500 kilometre after the journey began at Gangasagar in West Bengal on September 20 and ended on Sunday at Gangotri in Uttarakhand. The yatra remained for the maximum, 14 days, in UP, 7 days in Bihar, 6 in Uttarakhand, 5 in West Bengal and for only one day in Jharkhand.
In UP, barring a few senior BJP leaders like Kesarinath Tripathi, state BJP leader Laxmikant Bajpayi and a couple of other prominent faces, others were conspicuous by their absence. The effect was visible throughout the UP leg of the yatra.
Barring Kannauj, the yatra failed to evoke a good response. The poor response in the state, a senior BJP leader said, was a reflection of the state of affairs and ground realities of the 'party with a difference'. With national party chief Nitin Gadkari in the dock with several corruption charges, the national BJP leaders failed to lend support, much less garner it, for the yatra, said another BJP leader.The second phase of yatra will comprise an international conference on November 20 in New Delhi and formation of human chain across the country on December 2.
It is confirmed that the yatra failed to impress the common man in UP as much as it did in Bihar. Team Uma members, who had been part of the yatra since the beginning—from Gangasagar in West Bengal on September 20—confide it didn't evoke the response it could have in the largest and the most significant politically Uttar Pradesh. The response was poor compared to Bihar and UP, another member of the team had said. Neither Uma nor state BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpayi agreed. While Bajpayi told TOI the party did what it was told to do by senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries, Uma said she was satisfied with UP BJP's role in the yatra.
Interestingly, the press communique issued by state BJP also states that the yatra got memorable support at Hajipur in Bihar while a huge rally was held at Kannauj in UP. It adds that 5,100 women observed fast in support of the yatra while 21,000 pots were distributed filled with Gangajal from Gangotri. It also talks about good response to aarti at Sahebganj, Kahalgaaon and Patna in Bihar and Varanasi. The yatra travelled 3,500 kilometre after the journey began at Gangasagar in West Bengal on September 20 and ended on Sunday at Gangotri in Uttarakhand. The yatra remained for the maximum, 14 days, in UP, 7 days in Bihar, 6 in Uttarakhand, 5 in West Bengal and for only one day in Jharkhand.
In UP, barring a few senior BJP leaders like Kesarinath Tripathi, state BJP leader Laxmikant Bajpayi and a couple of other prominent faces, others were conspicuous by their absence. The effect was visible throughout the UP leg of the yatra.
Barring Kannauj, the yatra failed to evoke a good response. The poor response in the state, a senior BJP leader said, was a reflection of the state of affairs and ground realities of the 'party with a difference'. With national party chief Nitin Gadkari in the dock with several corruption charges, the national BJP leaders failed to lend support, much less garner it, for the yatra, said another BJP leader.The second phase of yatra will comprise an international conference on November 20 in New Delhi and formation of human chain across the country on December 2.
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