Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has switched to election mode in Haryana — due for meeting polls subsequent yr — with Union Residence Minister Amit Shah scheduled to handle a rally within the state on the finish of the month, and extra lined up for February.
Whereas one rally was organised by state get together leaders at Tosham in Bhiwani district this Sunday, the subsequent is ready for Gohana in Sonipat district on 29 January, which might be addressed by Shah, after which three rallies will comply with to mark Ravidass Jayanti in Gurugram, Narwana and Yamuna Nagar in early February.
Whereas the Lok Sabha ballot is due in Could subsequent yr, the meeting election in Haryana is scheduled to be held earlier than October 2024.
For the previous couple of days, a surge has been witnessed not solely within the political actions of the ruling BJP in Haryana but additionally in organisational occasions. On the day of the Gohana rally in Haryana, Shah is predicted to handle one other rally at Patiala in Punjab.
Shah’s Gohana rally can be scheduled at a time when Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is ready to conclude his Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Srinagar on 30 January. Additionally, Tosham, the place the BJP held a rally this Sunday wherein BJP state president O. P. Dhankar, agriculture minister J. P. Dalal and others participated, is the constituency of senior Congress chief Kiran Choudhry.
Admitting that the get together has heightened political actions in Haryana with the upcoming elections in thoughts, Dhankar informed ThePrint that Shah’s Gohana rally is a part of the get together’s Lok Sabha Pravas Yojana — an organisational plan below which 144 parliamentary constituencies throughout India have been chosen by the BJP central management the place victory needs to be ensured in 2024.
“In Haryana, the BJP management has chosen Sirsa, Rohtak and Sonipat seats below the Lok Sabha Pravas Yojna,” Dhankar added.
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Eyeing all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana
The Lok Sabha seat of Sirsa has lengthy been the stronghold of Haryana’s Chautala household, of which Om Prakash Chautala of the Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD) was a former chief minister.
Sonipat (which Shah is visiting on 29 January), in addition to Rohtak, have principally supported former Congress CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had swept all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. Previous to that, in 2014, Sirsa had gone to the INLD, whereas Deepender Hooda of the Congress emerged victorious in Rohtak. Sonipat was received by BJP’s Ramesh Chander Kaushik.
“The get together has set a goal of 4 lakh panna pramukhs by the tip of January,” Dhankar informed ThePrint.
Beneath the BJP’s technique, a panna pramukh is head of 1 panna (leaf) of the voters’ listing and the get together assigns the individual involved the duty of reaching out to individuals, and understanding their wants and aspirations, in order that the get together can ship accordingly.
“Within the subsequent two months, verification of (the BJP) panna pramukhs might be accomplished by calling all of them on their telephones in order that no employee gives faux names. And from April 6, workshops for coaching of the panna pramukhs will start,” Dhankar stated.
“Every leaf of the voters’ listing printed by the Election Fee has 60 voters on either side. Our 4 lakh panna pramukhs might be sufficient to achieve out to all of the registered voters of Haryana.”
Haryana had 1.9 crore voters within the month of January final yr.
On Tuesday, after the BJP’s nationwide government assembly in New Delhi, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar informed the media that the get together mentioned the technique for the elections.
“Our goal is to win all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. Our authorities has at all times targeted on the uplift of antyodaya. Via public non-public partnership, we’ll proceed to increase the attain of public welfare schemes to the last-mile citizen,” he stated.
Final Saturday, the Haryana BJP had introduced over two dozen names for its state crew of social media departments. Separate in-charges had been introduced for WhatsApp, YouTube, Fb, Koo, Twitter and Instagram.
(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)
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