Seeking to strike a chord with the city residents on various issues, the Chandigarh BJP leaders are working up a sweat to garner public support.
From seeking basic amenities for the city residents to organising various campaigns, the leaders of Chandigarh BJP have become pro-active keeping in view the lok Sabha elections next year.
The leaders are meeting officials of UT Administration and Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh everyday putting forth demands of city residents and submitting memorandums. On Thursday, a delegation led by BJP Councillor Arun Sood and members of Senior Citizens Associations met the Municipal Corporation Commissioner representing demands of senior citizens of the city.
They submitted representation to the Commissioner demanding free of cost booking of Community Centers once in the month for holding the meeting of senior citizens.
Arun Sood said that the demand of senior citizens is very genuine and they should be allowed to hold meetings of their associations in community centers free of cost at par with Resident Welfare Associations.
He further said that earlier also Senior Citizen Associations were allowed free of cost meetings and it is not justify imposing booking cost on Senior Citizen Associations. During the meeting, the Commissioner assured the delegation that their demand would be considered.
In another such meeting, a delegation of BJP led by city BJP vice president Harishankar Mishra submitted a memorandum to SK Chaddha, UT Chief Engineer to withdraw the proposal of supply of electricity through private contractor in Colony No. 4, Industrial Area Phase-I here.
The delegation brought to the notice of the Chief Engineer that the UT Electricity Department has initiated the process of supplying the electricity to the slum dwellers of Colony No. 4 through a private contractor. And, the private contractor has started demanding huge amount in the name of security of electricity meters and installation charges whereas the electricity meters are already installed in most of the slum dwellings.
The delegation also said that if the Electricity Department has no other alternative than to provide the supply of electricity through contractor, then the same should be supplied through the electricity meters already installed in the houses and the Contractor should charge the bill on the basis of actual consumption of electricity meter readings. No fresh security or installation charges should be charged from the consumers.
Meanwhile, the senior leaders of the party are also working hard to strengthen their position in the party and to garner the support of city residents. The three main contenders from the Chandigarh parliamentary seat i.e. Sanjay Tandon, Satya Pal Jain and Harmohan Dhawan are busy organizing campaigns and meeting UT senior officials.
The senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan on Friday launched a cleanliness drive and awareness programme alongwith his hundreds of supporters in Sector 26 here. He said, “Some parts of the Grain Market Sector 26 are the ugliest areas of City Beautiful and needs to be beautified.”
A day before, a BJP delegation led by former city MP and national chairman of BJP legal Affairs Working Group Satya Pal Jain had met UT SSP Naunihal Singh and had submitted a memorandum urging to transfer the investigation of the case of missing of Mahavir Singh, an employee of the Panjab University from Police either to Crime Branch or to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Jail Bharo Andolan cancelled
In view of the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh which killed 27 people, city BJP has announced to cancel its Jail Bharo Aandolan.
Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha was to lead BJP’s Jail Bharo Andalon on June 2 in the city. A party spokesperson said, “The Jail Bharo Andalon has been cancelled in view of dastardly Naxalite attack in Chhattisgarh. The party had planned to conduct countrywide ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ from May 27 to June 2 to protest against the UPA Government’s indifferent attitude.
The nationwide “Jail Bharo Andholan” announced was to press for resignation of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh as the main accused in coalgate scam and protest against corruption, price rise and safety and security of the people.
A spokesperson added, “ National executive of the BJP will take stock of the incident at its meeting in Goa to chalk out the future line of action.”