Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Lucknow as the BJP steps up preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Shah will attend the party's state executive meeting, the first since Pankaj Chaudhary took charge as Uttar Pradesh BJP president. The meeting is expected to focus on the party's election strategy, political proposals and mobilisation of its organisational machinery. With the assembly polls scheduled for February-March 2027, office-bearers are expected to receive key instructions ahead of the electoral campaign.