LUCKNOW: taking a serious note of BJP’s awful defeat in recently concluded bypolls and the recent antipathy shown by four Dalit MPs in opposition to the state leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi have expressed his distress to chief minister Yogi Adityanath over the ongoing state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh.

CM Yogi also met BJP national president Amit Shah during his Delhi visit on Saturday. Shah also expressed his reservations over the breakdown of the state leadership in certain areas. Shah is scheduled to visit Lucknow on April 11 to have a first-hand evaluation of the ground circumstances.

A clarification sought by the Prime Minister and the party president from UP CM assumes connotation in the wake of a three-day visit by two top RSS workers to the state.

AS per the reports of TOI, Krishna Gopal and Dattatreya Hosabale collected feedback after interacting with the two deputy chief ministers, ministers, party office-bearers, RSS leaders, grassroots-level volunteers and the public during their visit to UP.

UP CM said his meeting PM Modi and BJP chief AMit Shah just a courtesy call However, party insiders exposed that impact of meeting could be visible very soon.

Distressed PM Modi had called CM Yogi to Delhi late on Saturday evening. During the meeting, he reportedly told him to resolve current issues as soon as possible.