Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur today reached Lucknow as part of the BJP's central poll team. <br />''<br />''The team under the leadership of Union education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will discuss poll strategy with the state BJP functionaries in Lucknow and Gorakhpur during its visit.<br />'' <br />''The central team is currently having a discussion with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other ministers in Lucknow<br />'' <br />''Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is accompanied by BJP vice president and UP in charge Radha Mohan Singh and seven deputies, including Union I&B minister Anurag Thakur and three ministers of state, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shobha Karandlaje and Annapurna Devi. Mr. Pradhan was appointed as election -in- charge by BJP for Uttar Pradesh and will discuss the party's electoral strategy ahead of the polls. He is also scheduled to visit Gorakhpur and Sidharth Nagar.