BJP has decided to contest Assembly bypoll at Kolebira expected to take place in couple of months from now. The ruling party convened a core committee meeting on Wednesday and expressed confidence of wining over 60 seats in the Assembly elections as well as all 14 of the lok Sabha scheduled in 2019.
State president of the BJP laxman Gilua following the meeting said that the party is already into poll mode and election ready. “We would certainly field our candidate at Kolebira for the bypoll. No formal application from Menon Ekka has come to us for party ticket and if comes the party would consider it,” said the Jharkhand BJP chief.
Menon Ekka is the wife of Ainosh Ekka who has been unseated from the Assembly due to his conviction into a murder case. Menon Ekka has been in politics and had contested lok Sabha poll from Simdega in 2014 unsuccessfully.
The core group meeting of the BJP was also attended by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is fresh with his poll related consultations taken place with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party national president Amit Shah on Tuesday in Delhi.
“The party by stressing over developmental programmes initiated by the Government and being executed all over the State would win the confidence of the voters once again. All the committee members should focus on taking the good works done to the people,” said the CM in his address.
He named schemes continuing for poor, farmers, tribals, women and dalits like Ujjwala, power and home for all and some like Ayushman Bharat which is forthcoming. “There are crores in the State who have been benefited with the series of schemes run by the Government. This need to be highlighted properly among the people,” said the CM.
The party at the same time resolved to win all 14 lok Sabha seats during the upcoming general elections and at least 60 Assembly seats out of 81 available in the State. “The party is strengthening its position at all 29424 booths in the State. Over 25000 booth committees have been formed. As per the plan of the party we are building structure of workers based on 19 points like panna pramukhs, list of smart phone holders, key voters, motorcycle holders etc. Also, focus is on boasting weaker booths and their management,” said Gilua.
Party’s Jharkhand general secretary Dharampal stressed on door to door consultations and for winning the confidence of the people well ahead of the polls. Party lok Sabha MPs Karia Munda, Sudarshan Bhagat along with Ministers in the State Cabinet Neelkant Singh Munda, CP Singh, MlAs Navin Jaiswal, Gangotri Kujur, Bimla Pradhan and presidents of several districts were present in the meeting.
BJP meeting -1 : Chief Minister Raghubar Das alongwith BJP State president laxman Gilua, MP Karia Munda, Rural Development Minister Nilkanth Singh Munda and MoS for Tribal affairs Sudarshan Bhagat during party's Core-Committee meeting at State head office in Ranchi on Wednesday. Pix by Vinay Murmu