This story is from August 14, 2021

7 Union mins to trek 3,500km across UP

7 Union mins to trek 3,500km across UP
Lucknow: Amid opposition’s aggressive Brahmin and OBC outreach, UP BJP is set to roll out Jan Ashirwad Yatra of party’s seven MPs of different castes who were recently inducted into the Union cabinet.
The yatra, to be taken out from August 16-20, will cover a distance of over 3,500km while passing through three dozen Lok Sabha and more than 120 assembly seats of UP, the party has claimed.

Minister of state for cooperation, BL Verma, who hails from Lodh community, will start the yatra from Vrindavan in Mathura on August 16 and pass through Agra Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Bulandshahr before culminating it in Budaun on August 19. Junior law and justice minister SP Singh Baghel, a Dalit, will start from Firozabad on August 18 and end his yatra in Mathura. Minister of state for MSME, Bhanu Pratap Verma, a kori (Dalit), will start from Lalitpur on August 17 and move through Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda and Chitrakoot before ending the yatra in Fatehpur on August 19.
Minister of state for housing, Kaushal Kishore, a Pasi Dalit, will start from Unnao on August 16 and move through Rae Bareli and Barabanki before culminating the yatra in Sitapur on August 18. Minister of state for home affairs, Ajay Mishra Teni, a Brahmin, will kick off his yatra from Sandila (Hardoi) to pass through Lakhimpur, Bahraich, Gonda, Ayodhya before culminating in Ambedkarnagar on August 19.
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