UP ministers to camp in districts in a damage control exercise
Lucknow
15-June-2021
In a major damage control exercise, all ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to reach out to people ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in the state.
The directives were communicated to them at a meeting of the council of ministers, chaired by Yogi Adityanath.
UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, who was present at the meeting, briefed the ministers about the details of the outreach programme.
The ministers have also been asked to review the preparations for the speculated third wave and visit the families of those who may have died of Covid-19. He said ministers would take feedback whether the government relief had reached them.
The exercise is also being seen as a move to muster support for the BJP in the upcoming zila panchayat elections.
According to UP minister Siddhartha Nath Singh, "Minister in charges will camp at the blocks in districts under their charge in June and July 2021. The ministers will try to cover most of the blocks in the districts under their charge and will cover about two blocks every day. The ministers will visit ration shops, PHCs (primary health centres), CHCs (community health centres) and hospitals, attend plantation drives, along with making spot visits, and reviewing implementation of development schemes."
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Singh said ministers have been asked to hold organisational meetings in smaller groups, keeping in view the Covid protocol. He said there would also be programmes, especially plantation drives from June 23 to July 6.
During the meeting, minister for medical education Suresh Khanna and minister for health Jai Pratap Singh made a presentation on the state government's Covid management.
Animal husbandry minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narain spoke about the arrangements made at the cow shelters in the state.-IANS
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