Eighty-five year after the martyr trio of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were cremated at Hussainiwala, the saffron brigade will kick start its campaign for the State Assembly elections from Thursday.
The party will launch its 12-day ‘Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra’ from Hussainiwala in Ferozepur district.
The yatra, for which a special rath (chariot) has been designed, will traverse all the 23 assembly constituencies where the party is fielding its candidates.
To be launched by the state party chief and Union Minister Vijay Sampla, the yatra will start from Hussainiwala on Thursday after paying tributes at the Shaheed Smarak (martyr's memorial) and will culminate in Amritsar on January 8.
The Rath Yatra would allow the party to connect more with the masses, said party’s secretary Vineet Joshi.
He said: “Equipped with modern, state-of-the-art facilities, the rath is actually a stage from which state party chief Vijay Sampla and other senior party leaders will address the public.”
“We will be having four-five stopovers at different places like ‘chowks’ and ‘nukkars’ within each city and interact with the people,” Joshi said. He said that the BJP leaders wold tell the people about policies of Union and State governments and get their feedback.
“The Rath is equipped with a hydraulic system that allows the roof to open as and when needed and provides a podium. The vehicle is fitted with lED TVs, laptops, printers etc to monitor news and execute IT activities. Also, an ultra-modern light and sound system has been fixed so that the leaders can address people at any time of the day,” he added.
The Rath has a meeting and resting space for five to six people on board and also an attached toilet, he said adding that another rath will also accompany the yatra which would be used by the Social media cell.