While releasing an e-book of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the service millions of party cadre rendered to the people during lockdown was unparalleled in the political history of the country.
The e-book, titled ‘Sewa hi sangathan’, narrates the help that the BJP workers extended to the people when lockdown was imposed across the state to contain the spread of coronavirus infection. It was released by at a function held at BJP state headquarters here on Sunday.
The digital book has clippings of newspapers and pictures of party workers extending help to the poor, the migrant workers and the youth by distributing food grains, clothes, footwear and cooked food among the needy.
“When people were fleeing because of the pandemic, the BJP workers, without fearing for their lives, came out on the streets to help the poor and the needy. When people were marching towards their homes, the party workers were distributing food among them. This was the example of Nar Sewa, Narain Sewa,” Yogi Adityanath said.
He said when history would be written about this pandemic, the contribution of BJP workers would be remembered. He said the e-book would give inspiration to the people about the work being done by the party workers.
BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh said that lockdown was an unprecedented time. He said when leaders of opposition parties were playing politics on social media, the BJP workers were extending help to the needy.
“To ensure that no one slept without meal, the party distributed 4.32 crore food packets, 40.54 lakh ration kits and 90.40 lakh face masks among the people. Besides, the party distributed footwear to 47,000 people and opened relief centres at 185 places,” the BJP state chief said, adding that this was the magnitude of the relief work extended by the party workers to the masses.
Senior BJP leaders, including Sunil Bansal, also addressed the people.