Uttar Pradesh: BJP to equip all party offices with sanitization tools

LUCKNOW: After conducting grassroot organisational functioning through video-conferencing, the UP BJP has decided to equip all its offices in the state with sanitization tools to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus pandemic.
In the first phase, the party has installed a sanitization tunnel at its state headquarters in Lucknow through which visitors will have to pass before gaining entry in the office. The BJP would also be installing mask and sanitizer dispensing machines for party functionaries and visitors at the party office amid indications of the government easing down lockdown norms in the days to come.
Talking to TOI, UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said that the BJP has decided to initiate these measures to prevent party functionaries and supporters from getting infected with Covid-19. “A lot of people visit party offices which need to be equipped with these measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus,” he said, confirming BJP offices in other districts would also be taken care of vis-a-vis sanitization measures after due consultation with party functionaries. BJP sources said that the idea to equip the party offices with sanitizing equipment was floated by BJP general secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal.
The move is seen as BJP’s attempt to allow more interaction with party functionaries and supporters which has largely remained suspended in the wake of novel coronavirus triggered lockdown for 50 days. At the same time the party seeks to maximize the use of technology to reach out to its grassroot functionaries. The BJP has already formed nearly 40,000 Whatsapp groups at different organisational levels in a bid to pass on key information to the grassroort functionaries.
Singh said that the BJP plans to increase its interaction with party functionaries by calling regional level meetings every 15 days beginning Monday. The BJP would subsequently hold meeting with its functionaries at the sector level to gain feedback about the prevailing political situation.
“We need to increase our organisational functioning while carrying out relief works in the days to come,” he said. Earlier, the party had decided to carry out relief operations in 150 routes through which the migrants are expected to pass.