Lucknow, Mar 13: Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), a right-wing outfit led by Yogi Adityanath, threatened to boycott Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in 2017, if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not project the controversial leader as its chief ministerial candidate. Several hoardings have been put up by HYU members in Faizabad District demanding Yogi Adityanath’s name as BJP’s CM candidate for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in return of votes. Although BJP MP distanced himself from such banners. Also Read - School Reopening News: This BJP-ruled State Refuses to Resume Classes From Sept 21 | Here's Why

According to Indian Express report, Hindu Yuva Vahini has put up banners threatening the BJP of boycotting voting in the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh if the party does not declare Yogi Aditynath as its chief ministerial candidate. The hoarding has messages like “Yogi nahin toh vote nahin, Mission 2017”, “Desh me Modi, Pradesh me Yogi”, etc with the pictures of the BJP MP. (ALSO READ: BJP to project Smriti Irani as Chief Ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections) Also Read - 'Arrest, Search Without Warrant': UP Govt To Set Up New Special Security Force | All You Need to Know

Even though Yogi Adityanath expressed ‘unhappiness’ over the banners and termed the demands as ‘meaningless’, Hindu Yuva Vahini stood firm on their demands. “Yes, Yogi Adityanathji has asked me to remove the hoardings immediately. But I am not going to do so. I have to send a message to the BJP from the land of Ram temple that it must project Yogiji as the CM candidate. The entire Hindu community and the sant fraternity believe that Yogiji is the most suitable candidate for the CM post in Uttar Pradesh,” HYV’s Faizabad unit president Shambhunath Jaiswal was quoted as saying. Jaiswal also asserted that HYV members would not cast their votes for the BJP if the party ignores Yogi Aditynath in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Also Read - 'How Can Our Heroes be Mughals', UP CM Yogi Renames Agra Museum After Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

With nearly a year to go for the legislative elections in Uttar Pradesh, major political contenders have launched campaigns to pressurise the party to declare them as CM candidate. There have been several names doing rounds from the BJP including Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Smriti Irani and Varun Gandhi.