Meerut, Sept. 22 -- Negative forces were attempting to divide society and even great personalities along caste lines, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said in Meerut on Monday. He also said the responsibility for preventing social division rested substantially with the BJP's Shakti Kendra heads.

He directed them to review every booth, form effective teams at booth level, assign responsibilities to Panna Pramukhs and map every family. Workers should also conduct surveys and motivate everyone to exercise their right to vote, he said.

Addressing a conference of Shakti Kendra convenors of the BJP's western Uttar Pradesh region in the presence of the party's national president Nitin Nabin in Meerut, Adityanath said, "Negative forces will once ...