Stating that the BJP is not merely an “election winning machine” but an organisation for the service of the society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the “seva” of the party workers in the time of coronavirus crisis and suggested that every ‘mandal’, district and State prepares a digital work of its experiences during the pandemic and releases it by September 25, on the birth anniversary of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
The Prime Minister, who was reviewing the work of party workers in the last four months of crisis and watching the presentations of seven BJP states through video conferencing , said the digitalisation from all tiers could finally be converted into one that of the entire country, “inspiring the future generation”, not only within the country but globally too.
Modi said digitalisation should be done at least in three languages-mother tongue, Hindi and English. He said the work would give a great strength and inspiration to those who would get to read the “commendable service” done by lakhs of people during the pandemic.
Almost all top leaders, including BJP President J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and BJP-run State Chief Ministers including Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP state presidents were present in the BJP Headquarters here. The Programme was titled “Seva hi Sanghthan”.
Modi said he was proud that BJP proved that “service” was its primary aim and power was only a means to an end. “This tradition we inherited from our founding fathers and their hard work”.
He said some observers see an organisation in context of elections only. “For us organisation is not an election winning machine, for us organisation means service for everyone’s happiness and the idea of -Nation first”, Modi said and went on to say that BJP had tried to build an equal society.
He said BJP today represents all section of society with 52 dalit MPs, 43 tribal MPs, 130 OBC MPs and also having 150 tribal MLAs in “Vidhan Sabhas”.
Presentations were made before the Prime Minister by the state unit chiefs of seven states including the election-bound Bihar as also Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Assam. All the presentations detailed the distribution of food packets, face-masks, ‘Paduka’ and help rendered to stranded migrants in reaching their native places. Bihar state unit president maintained that but for the help provided by them not even 10 per cent of migrants could have made it to their homes during the lockdown.
Intervening during the Bihar session, the Prime Minister briefly spoke in the native language while lauding the work done by the party work. He said UP and Bihar has a great challenge and will have to work with the same zeal in future.
Similarly, he congratulated Assam unit saying they worked pro-actively and the work is “showing” with people’s confidence in BJP increased in the state.
Modi asked all state units to be alert and aware of the approaching festival season as “coronavirus danger is still the same”. He asked the rest of the state units to send their presentations directly to him.
Nadda said 22 crore food packets were distributed in the last 68 days and 5 crore “Modi ration kits” were also delivered.