The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has entrusted its legislators with the job to promote the party’s policy and achievements of the Narendra Modi Government in two Assembly segments besides their own.
The decision was taken in a meeting of party legislators held here on Sunday. By evening BJP’s legislature party leader in the Vidhan Sabha Suresh Khanna issued directives to all the 43 legislators in Vidhan Sabha and eight in Vidhan Parishad to start campaign in two additional Assembly segments along with their own.
“These legislators have been made in-charge of the co-opted Assembly segments. They will however have no say in selection of candidates from these constituencies,” Khanna said in a statement issued here on Sunday.
All the 48 MlAs who attended the two-hour long meeting here at the State party headquarters also gave the names of their two adopted Assembly constituencies to the leaders in the meeting itself.
An MlA, who attended the meeting told this reporters that they were given direction by the legislature party and they were asked to stay for at least four days of a month in their adopted constituencies.
The other directions are that the concerned MlAs would encourage the party workers and would create atmosphere against the SP , BSP, Congress and other opposition parties by holding regular press conferences and public meetings during their visit.
The legislators have also been asked to highlight the achievements of the Narendra Modi government during their campaigning in the adopted constituencies, he said.
The MlA, who represents the party from western UP, said every month end the MlAs will have to send their reports of their visit and programmes in their adopted Assembly segments to the State party president and to the legislature party leader.
Insiders in the party said that after the party high command is expected to direct lok Sabha members to adopted at least two Assembly segments in their parliamentary constituency to ensure victory of the party candidate in the Assembly polls.
Each lok Sabha seat has five Assembly segments. BJP has won 71 out of 80 lok Sabha seats in 2014 elections.
Meanwhile, party has asked its workers to gherao police stations between July 6 and 15 to highlight poor law and order situation. The MlAs have been asked to lead the protest. The local leaders of the party has been asked to stage protest outside police station of their respective areas.