The BJP has cancelled the launch of its manifesto for the elections in Uttar Pradesh as a mark to respect to Lata Mangeshkar, who died today at the age of 92. The government has announced a two-day mourning for the iconic singer, whose state funeral will be held at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park this evening.
The Uttar Pradesh BJP’s programme to launch the manifesto, for which Union minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his deputy Keshav Maurya and state party chief Swatantra Dev were in Lucknow, was called off and the leaders held a two-minute silence for the artiste.
The party said it will later announce a date for the launch of the manifesto for Uttar Pradesh, where the first phase of assembly election is due on February 10.
