BJP’s in-charge for the Gujarat Assembly polls and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley suggested senior party leaders in the State to contest upcoming Assembly elections on development plank coupled with performance of the BJP-ruled Government in the State.
Jaitley and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is also co-election in-charge, on Monday held a workshop for BJP media and social media unit members at the State party headquarters – Shree Kamalam situated on the outskirts of the State capital Gandhinagar.
The Finance Minister insisted to stay focused on various social media platforms to counter criticism on development achievements of the BJP Government. ‘‘Our party has deep roots in the State. We will contest the Assembly polls on the basis of Gujarat Government’s performance and development agenda,’’ he said asking the social media unit members to take the criticism (especially from sponsored by opposition parties) head on.
Sitharaman said that as a co-incharge for the State Assembly polls she was given responsibility of the Saurashtra region which has representation of 58 seats out of 182 in the State Assembly.
Both these leaders visited the State first time after they were given responsibility for the Gujarat assembly polls. After the meeting Jaitley told the media persons that he and Sitharaman had detailed discussion with the core team of Gujarat BJP to chalk out poll strategy along with the workshop for around 500 members of media unit who are handling media and
social media.
It is worth mentioning that opposition Congress party has initiated a campaign on BJP’s development claims on social media handles as well as by putting hoardings across the State. Congress party’s satire on ‘Vikas’ (development) in a funny way has drawn attention of youngsters. The ruling BJP has become alert on the campaign launched Congress party. BJP’s national president Amit Shah termed the campaign as ‘false propaganda’ of the opposition party during his interaction with youngsters on Sunday.
He appealed the youngsters not to believe such propaganda and trust on their own eyes and experiences over the development process in the State.