The Bharatiya Janata Party would achieve new heights in the State and further expand its base under the presidentship of Suresh Kashyap and the Party would strive hard to win the 2022 State Assembly elections once again form Government in the State, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday.
Addressing the function held at Peterhoff here on the occasion of assuming the charge of new State BJP President by Member of Parliament Suresh Kashyap, the Chief Minister said BJP has emerged as the biggest political party of the world and it was a real honour for the people of the State, that a leader from Scheduled Caste Community was heading the BJP in the State. He said that Kashyap was an educated, simple and honest leader who was committed towards development of the State and also strengthening the party. Thakur said Kashyap broke the Congress citadel in Pachhad in 2012 as prior to this, Congress had continuously won this seat for seven times. He said that not only this, Kashyap won the Shimla parliamentary seat by a record margin of about 3.77 lakh votes.
Newly appointed President of State BJP Suresh Kashyap, in his first presidential address, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and National BJP President JP Nadda for reposing their faith in him. He assured the central leadership and people of the State that he would leave no stone unturned to strengthen the party from the grassroots level. He said that this appointment was not only an honour for him, but was a moment of pride for the whole Scheduled Caste Community as well as for the ex servicemen of the State.
Kashyap said the Party would work with greater coordination with the State Government to ensure that BJP again comes to power in 2022.
Former State BJP President and MLA from Nahan Assembly Segment Rajiv Bindal said that it was indeed an honour for the people of Sirmour area in particular to have a State BJP President from Sirmour district. He expressed hope that the Party would expand its base in the State under the leadership of Kashyap.
Former Chief Ministers Shanta Kumar and Prem Kumar Dhumal, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, Mandal Presidents of seventy four BJP Mandals of the State also joined the event through video conferencing.