Yogi Adityanath meets newly elected BJP MPs in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: After the BJP’s thumping victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with the newly elected MPs of the party at his official residence here on Wednesday.nnAddressing the meeting, which was also attended by state in-charge J P Nadda and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Adityanath congratulated the MPs for their success.nn”Rising above candidate and party considerations, people this time came forward aggressively to elect the PM and this was seen all through the electioneering. It is because of this that the BJP won 303 seats on its own across the country; 64 of these are from Uttar Pradesh alone,” Yogi said.nnAdityanath said the meeting was a formal introduction for the newly elected representatives who would henceforth be moving to Delhi for the swearing-in and the parliament session.nnThe chief minister also hosted lunch for them.nn

मुख्यमंत्री श्री योगी आदित्यनाथ, भाजपा प्रदेश अध्यक्ष डॉ. महेंद्र नाथ पाण्डेय, केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री व प्रदेश चुनाव प्रभारी श्री जेपी नड्डा और प्रदेश महामंत्री (संगठन) श्री सुनील बंसल ने लखनऊ में उत्तर प्रदेश के नवनिर्वाचित सांसदों के साथ बैठक की। pic.twitter.com/QUbGUwe0D7

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nnAmong the MPs who attended the meeting were Smriti Irani, who won from Amethi, and Bhojpuri film star Ravi Kishan, who wrested the Gorakhpur seat from the opposition’s ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance).nnNotable absentees included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and actor-politician Hema Malini, who retained her Mathura seat.nnSource: Press Trust of India