Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday evening took part in the meeting of BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to discuss the impact of Covid-19 crisis on Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year, reports said.
Reports said the meeting held in Delhi may result in important decisions in an attempt to undo the image of the government before the Assembly polls in next year in states including Uttar Pradesh. The government is facing flak over its handling of Covid-19 crisis in the country amid the unprecedented second wave of the pandemic that exposed the government’s ill preparedness in the health infrastructure, with oxygen, medicines, hospitals beds and vaccines falling short.
BJP chief JP Nadda, Uttar Pradesh’s organizational in-charge Sunil Bansal, and RSS leader Dattatreya Hosbole were also present in the meeting, which reflects deep worry at the highest level among the party and the RSS over the impact of the pandemic on public perceptions.
Uttar Pradesh is among the worst-hit states, where bodies floating in the Ganga became a defining image in the Covid death spiral. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government faced questions on its handling of Covid and whether its figures on testing and cases were transparent.
In a letter to all BJP-ruled states on the weekend, Nadda said all functions to mark seven years of the Narendra Modi government must be avoided on May 30. Party workers should dedicate themselves in the service of the society, he wrote, and said people must be thanked for giving the BJP a chance to serve for seven years.
Standing by children who have lost both parents and providing them every support for their safe future is also our social responsibility. The idea is that all BJP-ruled states launch the programme together when the BJP-led government at the Centre completes seven years, he said in the letter.
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The BJP leadership has also asked workers to arrange medicines, hospital beds, oxygen supplies in government hospitals. Nadda’s letter reminded BJP workers of the party’s motto, ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ (Service is organisation).