Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth brigade is all set to chalk out the 2014 election strategy. The representatives of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) — the party’s youth wing — would hold the brainstorming sessions for two days to gear up for the crucial ensuing lok Sabha polls.
The BJYM leaders from six northern States — Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Chandigarh, and Jammu & Kashmir — would get together on Thursday in Chandigarh to work out a concrete plan for the 2014 polls. Starting from Thursday, the session will be attended by BJYM State presidents, district heads, district in-charges, and 300-plus representatives of these States.
“In view of the ensuing elections, the entire State has been divided into seven zones so that the party would be able to work out a proper and effective plan for the elections and all areas be efficiently covered for best results,” said Narendra Atri, Punjab BJYM’s State in-charge and BJYM national member. He said that the main objective of this exercise is to prepare the party’s youth wing for a greater role in parliamentary elections, and to ensure that they take the responsibility seriously.
“The meetings of these zones are starting at Chandigarh, where the leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K, Chandigarh, and Uttrakhand will participate. Here, the young leaders at the grass root level will come in direct contact with the national leadership which would prove very useful for them,” he added. The two-day meeting, starting from November 14, would be chaired by the BJYM national president Anurag Thakur on the first day, while Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma would preside over the meeting on the second day.
“The meeting would focus on the works of the party’s youth wing in all these States, its performance and the ways to improve it and enhance its coverage area,” said Punjab BJYM president Mohit Gupta. Recognising the youth power, the saffron party has been pressing not only on inducting more and more youngsters in the party fold, but also on increasing their role within the party. The move is seen corresponding to the national leadership’s decision to give comparatively young face to the party ahead lok Sabha elections by declaring Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as party’s prime ministerial candidate.
In addition, the BJYM national president Thakur had already made it clear that the young cadre’s role would be instrumental in 2014 elections. He has asked the youthful party cadre not only to reload its recruitment programme to induct more women in the party fold, but also to popularize the saffron brigade in the cyber space through numerous social networking sites.
Thakur, during his recent visit to the city, has asked Punjab’s BJYM members to strengthen the party unit by giving fair representation to the ‘fair sex’, and also to bring changes in the party with the changing times, and keep pace with advancement in technology.Thakur also stressed on bringing more and more girls in the party fold, as “all political parties are giving at least four per cent reservation to the women.”