Membership drive being launched from UP matter of pride for state: Yogi Adityanath

Politics: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said it was a matter of great pride for Uttar Pradesh that it had got the honour of launching the nationwide membership drive for the party.
“It is a matter of pride for all of Uttar Pradesh that Kashi has been chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and party President Amit Shah to launch the National Membership Drive for BJP,” Adityanath said at the launch of the nationwide drive.
Earlier today, Adityanath welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his day-long visit to his parliamentary constituency to launch the event.
He was joined by former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s sons Anil and Sunil Shastri, BJP working president JP Nadda and state unit chief Mahendra Nath Pandey to greet Modiji at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.
Modi also unveiled a statue of Shastri at Varanasi airport here on Saturday.
After unveiling the statue, Modi launched a tree plantation drive.