GORAKHPUR, Nov. 5 -- The controversy surrounding the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations and concerns over the difference of votes secured by the BJP in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in various constituencies emerged as key issues during a meeting of party's legislators with national president Nitin Nabin at the Annexe Building auditorium in Gorakhpur on Thursday.

While some legislators reportedly expressed apprehension that the UGC controversy could adversely affect the party's electoral prospects ahead of the 2027 UP assembly elections, others emphasised the need to analyse and bridge the gap in the party's vote share between the 2022 assembly polls and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. ...