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UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya symbolises the BJP’s strategy to hold on to this key heartland state that decides a nation’s electoral fate.
Elated by its success in the recent civic polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has begun further strengthening its organisation in Uttar Pradesh.AAP's state in-charge Sanjay Singh said that the party, which had performed better in western Uttar .
Treating the civic elections as a semi-final to the Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party is working on a strategy of putting pressure on opposition parties by bringing caste-based leaders of other parties, particularly those of Samajwadi Party, into the party fold.
“The influx of senior