The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will kick off its election campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with ‘Vijay Sankalp’ (victory pledge) rallies in majority of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh though the party will focus majorly on western UP where polls will be held in the first phase.

BJP chief Amit Shah will launch the party campaign in Agra while chief minister Yogi Adityanath was in Saharanpur for the campaign on Sunday.

Yogi will also be in Mathura on Monday to address a rally in favour of party candidate Hema Malini. Several union ministers and BJP leaders would similarly address public meetings across the state.

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