Lucknow, May 7 -- As the next electoral battle shifts to Uttar Pradesh, there is a growing buzz within the Bharatiya Janata Party that Union home minister Amit Shah and national general secretary Sunil Bansal could be assigned a more direct role in the state to recalibrate the party's caste arithmetic ahead of the next assembly polls.

The speculation follows the party's recent electoral experience and its organisational push in West Bengal, where booth-level management and tight coordination delivered results, powering the party to a big win in the assembly polls and ending the Trinamool Congress's 15-year reign.

However, within the BJP, there is also recognition that Uttar Pradesh presents a far more complex challenge - one that cannot...