Having sent its leaders and office bearers for campaigning in various states, the Bharatiya Janata Party state unit has sent its team to campaign in Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections. On Sunday, a team of 24 party leaders and office bearers left to participate in the election campaign in Haryana. Meanwhile, former chief minister and party candidate from Haridwar constituency Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will campaign in four states.
According to the BJP State office, the coordinators of the group, state minister rank position holder Kedar Joshi and Badrinath MLA Mahendra Bhatt attended a meeting with the members of the group at the party’s office here on Sunday. According the party’s state media in-charge Devendra Bhasin, the team of 24 BJP members from Uttarakhand left on Sunday to campaign in Haryana for BJP candidates in the Lok Sabha election. The group consists of office bearers, an MLA, position holders and senior workers of the party.
Party’s state general secretary Naresh Bansal, addressing the team members, said that the aim of all party workers is the same- to work for ensuring an electoral victory of the BJP led coalition to form the next government at the Centre with Narendra Modi as the prime minister. He exhorted the team members to discharge the responsibilities accorded to them with dedication. The BJP State vice president Jyoti Prasad Gairola said that this election is linked to the future of the nation. For a secure and prosperous future of the nation, it is vital for the BJP to win the elections so that Narendra Modi can have a second term as the prime minister, he said.
Bhasin further informed that former CM Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will also campaign for party candidates in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Chandigarh. A team of senior and experienced party workers will also accompany him. Nishank is stated to have good relations with Akali Dal leaders especially Prakash Singh Badal. Nishank will leave to compaign on April 30 along with a team of about a dozen party workers.
Bhasin added that after Haryana, the party workers are now also slated to leave for Delhi to participate in the campaign there. It is pertinent to mention here that so far party leaders and workers of the BJP from Uttarakhand have gone to participate in the election campaign in West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and State minister Dhan Singh Rawat among others have also campaigned for party candidates in various constituencies.