Eyeing 2019 parliamentary and assembly polls, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal is all set to embark on a massive rural outreach, especially towards dalits and farming community with the launch of “gram sabha” programme.
The Chief Minister, who is currently on a roadshow spree to reach out to the people ahead of 2019 polls, will also launch “gram sabha” programme next month, under which three big villages of each 90 constituencies of Haryana will be covered.
During the “gram sabha”, Manohar lal will redress the grievances of villagers, besides highlighting the achievements of his government. The programme which will be held in three big villages in each constituency will also witness an interaction session between Manohar lal and rural voters.
In an election mode, the Chief Minister has already been undertaking roadshows in various constituencies and has covered Yamunanagar, Faridabad and Rohtak, the stronghold of his Congress’ predecessor Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
After returning from his nine-day foreign tour on Tuesday, he is scheduled to hold roadshows in Hisar on May 17 and Kurukshetra on May 19. During the roadshows, the Chief Minister alongwith party MlAs interacts with the public from an open jeep and also, takes their feedback on his government’s performance in the past over three years in Haryana.
Apart from this, the former RSS Pracharak, Manohar lal had in the past three months held discussions with all district units to take feedback from party workers about the performance of government and gauge the public mood about BJP’s overall governance in the state.
“With an aim to reach out to the voters of rural Haryana, the Chief Minister will hold gram sabhas in big villages of all constituencies. The programmes is likely to begin next month,” said Rajiv Jain, media advisor to the Chief Minister, while talking to The Pioneer.
Three big villages will be selected from each constituency to hold gram sabhas, he said.
As per the 2011 census, 65 percent of Haryana’s population is rural and 35 percent live in the urban areas.
Notably, the former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is also scheduled to launch the second phase of his Rath Yatra named ‘Jan Kranti Yatra’ next month. Hooda will be starting his yatra on June 3 from Panipat and would visit all big villages of the district to reach out to the rural population.
On the other hand, Indian National lok Dal, which had recently tied up with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been trying to woo the farming community over the issue of Sutlej Yamuna link canal. The party had launched ‘Jail Bharo Andalon’ on May 1 from Bhiwani to press for the demand of construction of SYl canal and will be covering all districts.
In view of 2019 polls, the ruling BJP has also chalked out a plan to conduct intensive campaigning to reach out to the rural and urban voters to apprize them about the works undertaken by maiden BJP Government formed in Haryana in 2014.
The BJP led Haryana Government had recently held Gram Swaraj Abhiyan under which various programmes were conducted in more than 200 villages of the state from April 14 to May 5.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal had also addressed a gram sabha and spent a night in village Salaru of Indri sub-division, in Karnal district under the ‘Ek Raat Gramino Ke Saath’ programme organised as part of the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan.