Varun and Maneka Gandhi dropped from BJP's star campaigner list for UP Polls 2022

BJP leaders and mother-son duo from the Gandhi family, Maneka and Varun Gandhi have been dropped from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s star campaigners list for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022. The BJP released a list of 30-star campaigners for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on January 19.

Maneka and Varun Gandhi has emerged victorious multiple times from Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur and Pilibhit in the Lok Sabha Elections. This comes after the mother-son duo were also dropped from BJP’s National Executive Committee raising speculations regarding an in-fight amid the party member

Varun Gandhi has taken on Twitter on multiple occasions questioning his party on farmers issue and also the mowing down of farmers by Union MOS Ajay Mishra Teni's son and subtly blaming his government in the Centre and in the state for not taking action quick enough to arrest Ashish Mishra Teni.

The first name on the star-campaigners list is Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed by party national president JP Nadda. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath also features on that list of star campaigners. Others on that list include Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and state president Swatantra Dev Singh.

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7. The result will be declared on March 10.