The BJP adopting professional ways of public relations for campaigning during the Assembly elections in Jharkhand has roped in a number of central leaders from different parts of the Country to monitor the ongoing campaign process in the state. Dozens of party office bearers are stationed in Jharkhand to supervise campaigning and other activities of candidates during the polls.
“At least 15 senior leaders from across the Country have been deployed in different regions for monitoring and keep a close eye on the mood of the people as well as the workers,” said a senior BJP leaders requesting anonymity. Review of the inputs received from the different regions is being done daily on regular basis, he added.
He further added that leaders, having some earlier connections with the region have been selected for the job who have a prior understanding of the people of there and the region as well.
Names of some of those leaders include Ranjan Patel from Odisha who is camping in Gumla, Hridyanath Singh from Bihar for Dhanbad and Sanathal Paragana, Prasanna Mishra also from Odisha who has been roped in for Jamashedpur and Kolhan region. There are several others from Rajasthan, Charrisgarh who have been camping in different parts of the state for the last 15 days, he said.
Main purpose of fielding those candidates is to mobilize the workers in the region in order to fetch in more public support. State leaders like Rakesh Prasad and Deepak Prasad have also been fielded at Jamshedpur and North Chhtanagpur region respectively to support them.
Any requirement of loopholes identified in the campaign process by those leaders are immediately attended and removed by the central leadership in the state, said the leader.
The team members have also been entrusted to take decisions on the programmes of Prime Ministers and other star campaigners along with the state office bearers. Keeping a close eye on each and every detail of the Assembly constituencies, these people are giving inputs to the central leadership on the basis of which further plan of action is being chalked out.
Ranjan Patel hailing from the neighboring state Odisha, camping in Gumla for the last 15 days, has been assigned to motivate the party workers along with the people of his community to vote in the name of Modi and development.
“I have been asked to mobilize people of my community and region in the NDA fold for the forthcoming Assembly elections; as soon as the polls are conducted, I will leave for my place,” said Patel.
According to Patel, several people from their side have moved to the region several years ago and settled in the region of Gumla and Simdega. Even though, they settled here in Jharkhand they are still practicing the culture and dialect of Odisha.
“I try to convince them in my language that they must vote for BJP and adopt the model of development with a majority government as done by the people of Chhattisgarh,” said Patel.