BJP postpones UP manifesto launch after Lata Mangeshkar's death

BJP postponed release of the election manifesto for Uttar Pradesh. Senior BJP leader and Union Home minister Amit Shah, CM Adityanath, Dy CM KP Maurya and UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh observed 2-minute silence to pay tribute to Lata Mangeshkar at party office in Lucknow. The release of manifesto for state Assembly elections postponed due to the demise of Lata Mangeshkar. 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.

The BJP has put a few of its other political programmes on hold as well, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual rally for Goa."The Goa BJP has cancelled PM's rally and other major party functions following the death of singer Lata Mangeshkar," Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.