Each Bihar BJP MP to visit 60 panchayats

PATNA: The BJP top leadership on Saturday asked its all MPs from Bihar to visit 60 panchayats each in their respective Lok Sabha constituencies in next one month to establish direct contact with workers of the party and electors in a bid to apprise people of development works undertaken by the state and the central governments.
The exercise will begin in the first week of September and conclude on October 2, the birth anniversary of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The MPs, including those from the Rajya Sabha and other senior party functionaries, will work together at booth level in all the 243 assembly constituencies to ensure the victory of not only the BJP candidates in the upcoming assembly polls, but also of the other two NDA partners — JD(U) and LJP.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of all the party MPs from Bihar in New Delhi chaired by national president J P Nadda. Party incharge for Bihar Bhupendra Yadav, party’s election incharge for Bihar Devendra Fadnavis and five ministers from the state were also present at the meeting.
Describing the monthlong exercise as ‘going from virtual to physical’, newly-elected Rajya Sabha member Vivek Thakur said everybody has been given specific tasks to accomplish within the timeframe. “Though the MPs have to attend the Parliament session during the period, they will visit the respective panchayats under their Lok Sabha constituencies on weekends,” he added.
Later talking to media persons, state BJP president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal said each MP has been asked to chalk out strategy to ensure the victory of NDA candidates. “The MPs will meet the office-bearers of each ‘mandal’ and chalk out poll strategies. The idea is to win more and more seats in the assembly polls,” he added.
It was also decided to observe PM Narendra Modi’s birth anniversary on September 17 as ‘Seva Diwas’ and Pandit Din Dayal Upadhyay’s death anniversary on September 25 as ‘Samarpan Diwas’. Every party worker and functionary from the state will connect with ‘PM’s Mann Ki Baat’ programme and observe Gandhi’s jayanti with special emphasis on October 2.
Jaiswal said, “The NDA will go to polls with a development agenda. We will show our commitment for development of all sections of the society.”