leaving no stone unturned for the success of only rally of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Himachal Pradesh, the party is strongly banking on farmers and ex-servicemen.
The scheduled rally of Narendra Modi will be held at Sujanpur on February 16 and party is expecting around two lakh people. The scheduled rally will set the tone of campaigning for the upcoming general polls in the State.
The BJP Kisan Morcha president Baldev Bhandari will be chairing working committee meet on January 21 at Bilaspur to make strategy and ensure the presence of farmers in large numbers for Modi’s rally. BJP State general secretary Pawan Rana will also be present on the occasion.
Rana said that efforts are being made by the party to galvanise the farmers and ex-servicemen population in the State and all district presidents have been asked to ensure presence of farmers in large scale in the rally.
In Himachal Pradesh, around 95 per cent population resides in rural areas and farmers comprises of more than 80 percent population. The BJP is planning to mobilise over one lakh farmers for the rally from different districts.
On the other hand, the party has already said that over 50,000 ex-servicemen will participate in the rally and ex-servicemen cell of the party has already held a meeting to mobilise the former Defence personnel. Elaborate arrangements are being planned and party core group meeting held at Solan has also deliberated on the rally.
The State BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti who was in Delhi to attend national council meet of the party, while talking over the phone to The Pioneer said that the scheduled Modi rally will be a historic rally in the State and the party will ensure record turnout of participants, which was never witnessed in the history of State.
Meanwhile, with BJP focusing on ex-servicemen, Congress has also started wooing the former defense personnel. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had already announced that Congress will hold a much bigger rally at Sujanpur at the same venue in reply to BJP’s Modi rally.