A start was made in this direction on Monday with a clutch of former councillors, mayor and mayoral candidates from Lucknow rejoining the BJP as part of the first phase of such joinings. Further, many new members, including members from the minority community, also joined the party.
People's perception of Uttar Pradesh as a "mafia and gunda raj" has changed in the six-year rule of the BJP and the state is registering growth in all sectors under the double-engine government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.