A group of senior Muslim leaders of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party left for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) on Wednesday to campaign for Assembly elections of the hill State in favour of their party.
BJP State president Nandkumar Singh Chouhan sent off these minority cell leaders of the party for the five-phase Assembly elections of J&K. Minority cell State president Hidayatullah Sheikh was also present on the occasion. These leaders left for the campaigning in the hill State by Malwa Express in the evening.
Sheikh, later in a statement informed that in order to accomplish party’s target of Mission 44 plus in J&K senior Muslim leaders from across the State have been deputed to campaign in the community populated State with the aim to mobilise support for the party by awaring the people with the policies and ideology of BJP.
Sheikh said, “These leaders would live with the local party leaders spread in 87 assembly constituencies till the elections are over. While on mission these party leaders would introduce the people of J&K with the party ideology, policies and the works done for the community by the NDA government of the centre and in the BJP ruled states. Besides these leaders would clear the misconception about the BJP from the minds of the Muslims so that they could embrace the saffron with open arms.”
Main among those who have left for campaigning to J&K include chairman of the MP Madarsa Board Rashid Khan, chairman MP State Haj Committee Inayat Qureshi, former chairman of MP Urdu Academy Saleem Qureshi, state and district office bearers of the minority cell. These leaders would stay in J&K till the last phase of assembly election.