LUCKNOW: The BJP is all set to encash its UP civic poll performance in Gujarat by utilising newly-elected mayors for campaigning in the poll-bound state.The BJP has won 14 out of 16 mayoral seats in civic polls in UP and all the newly elected leaders will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to seek his blessings.Thereafter, they will proceed to Gujarat for campaigning for the assembly elections there on December 9 and 14. "The newly elected mayors will meet the Prime Minister over tea tomorrow in Delhi. "The victory of party has sent positive message among the people who are already admirers of Narendra Modiji. There is a significant population of people from east UP in Gujarat," said BJP leader and state spokesman Shalabh Mani Tripathi, who is campaigning in Gujarat for the past one month. "Yogiji is already a star campaigner and our newly elected mayors with their success stories will add to our ongoing campaigning here," Tripathi said.

Source: Times of India December 04, 2017 10:30 UTC