Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said that a proactive stance must be adopted to disseminate the achievements of the State Government and also, to counter false propaganda of the opposition.
The Chief Minister was addressing the state executive committee meeting of the BJP IT Department at Baddi in Solan district.
He said that the unfortunate incident of Vidhan Sabha is highly condemned by each and every person of the state. He also urged the state IT Cell to spread this uncalled for incidence through social media to expose the real face of Congress.
Notably, Himachal Pradesh Speaker Vipin Parmar has lodged an FIR against the five Congress MLAs suspended from the state assembly for the entire budget session after they allegedly manhandled Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on the first day of the session.
The Chief Minister urged the state BJP IT Department to work with greater dedication to achieve the goal of ‘Gram Sabha to Vidhan Sabha’ in the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections.
He said that the IT Department of the BJP is indeed playing a vital role in effectively strengthening the party by highlighting the policies, programmes and achievements of the State Government as well as BJP in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the present era is an era of information and communication, thus it becomes vital to ensure effective use of social media to reach out to the people of the state. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the State Government and the party ensured that optimum use of social media is made not only to help the people in distress but also for regularly monitoring the situation during the pandemic, he said.
He also said that several meetings were also held virtually with the Prime Minister and other Central leaders. The IT Cell of the state BJP played a major role in ensuring proper contact and communication amongst the party workers as well as with the leaders and the masses, he said.
Thakur further said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi way back in 2014 put forth a vision of ‘Digital India’ to promote Information Technology in our day to day life. The BJP IT members must ensure prompt dissemination of news regarding vital decisions such as Cabinet decisions, major decisions for welfare of the people etc, he added.
Talking about panchayat polls, he said that out of the 11 Zila Parishads, 9 were won by the BJP supported candidates and the Congress managed to win in only two Zila Parishads. Now, the time is to win the Municipal Corporation elections and thereafter, 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections, he added.
Speaking during the meeting, Member of Parliament and state BJP president Suresh Kashyap said that IT Cell of the state BJP has a major role to play in ensuring the “Mission Repeat” of the BJP Government in the state.
He said that the need is to effectively disseminate the policies and programmes of the State Government, besides effectively countering the false propaganda of the Congress through best use of social media.