Lucknow, April 12 -- While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is leading the fight against coronavirus to prevent its spread in the UP and provide relief to the needy, Bharatiya Janata Party state organising secretary Sunil Bansal has been holding the fort at the party level. He has been asking party workers to work at the grassroots level and ensure that no one sleeps hungry.

Here are excerpts of the interview with him.

Pioneer: The BJP government is doing its bit to control coronavirus. What is the BJP organisation doing? Have you directed BJP workers to tell people about prevention and control of spread of the virus.

Bansal: Yes, party workers were issued directives after the lockdown was imposed. We have told leaders and workers to go to...