Lucknow, July 26 -- As Uttar Pradesh moves closer to assembly elections, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak on Friday appealed for ensuring a repeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party's 2017 performance in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. They made the appeal at the birthday celebrations of prison minister Dara Singh Chauhan. The BJP alone had won 312 seats in the 403-member assembly during the 2017 polls.

Members of the Chauhan community were present at the venue, Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, in large numbers for the 'Sankalp Diwas' event.

State BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak arrived at the venue together.

Members of the Nonia caste, an OBC cat...