BJP is gearing up for the meeting slated for June 25 at Rishikul ground in Haridwar which would be addressed among others by the BJP national president Amit Shah. It is believed that the saffron party would blow the election bugle from the meeting. The state party brass hopes 1.5 lakh turnout at the meeting.
On Wednesday state party in-charge Shyam Jaju met Mandal in-charges and senior party leaders of the district. On Thursday MP Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank reached Haridwar to take stock of the preparations for the grand rally. He later addressed the media persons. He said the proposed rally would be a historic one.
Training his guns on CM Harish Rawat, the former CM said that the state government should issue a white paper on the utilization of the funds meant for restructuring the 2013 deluge-ravaged Kedar valley. He alleged that out of Rs 7.500 crores sanctioned by the Centre, just 250 crores had been spent. “Most of the bridges in Kedar valley are still in makeshift condition, and people are putting tree trunks over the rivers to cross,” he said. “Things are still grim. If the rubble of the houses is removed now we would stumble against bodies despite three years having passed since the of Kedar tragedy,” he said.
Speaking to The Pioneer, state BJP president Ajay Bhatt said, “It being the election year, party workers have been asked to pull up their socks and plunge headlong into election mode,” he said.
Harak Singh Rawat, the former Congress MlA who turned rebel and joined BJP, said he would do everything possible for him to make the rally a huge success.