The BJP has decided to go it alone in the up-coming Municipal Elections in the State. Speaking to the media persons after Core Committee Meeting held at State BJP Headquarters in Ranchi on Saturday, State General Secretary Deepak Prakash also said that Chief Minister Raghubar Das and State BJP Unit President laxman Gilua will have direct dialogues with the party workers in all five State Divisions to discuss measures to strengthen the party in the State.
“It has also been decided that the party will contest on all 34 seats of Municipal elections to be held soon all over the State,” said Prakash. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister and the State Unit President will have direct dialogue with the workers in all the five State Divisions and get reports of the organization structure from the ground level during, he added.
“Divisional Party Meetings will be held at Dumka in Santhal Pargana, Dhanbad in Hazaribagh, Chaibasa in Kolhan, Khunti in Ranchi and Betla in Palamu on February 21, 22, 23, 27 and 28 during which the Chief Minister will also be present there to hear the complaints and suggestions from the workers to strengthen the organisational structure,” said the State BJP General Secretary.
In a bid to decide on the condition, criteria and qualification for selection of candidates for Municipal Elections, separate meetings will be held in all the districts on February 16 which will be represented by at least one representative from the State Headquarter, added Prakash. He also thanked Chief Minister for the Government’s decision for allowing political parties to take part in Municipal Elections.
Though, AJSU was a natural ally of BJP no discussion has taken so far in this regard, he said. Union Minister of State for Tribal Welfare Sudarshan Bhagat, also a Core Committee member, asserted that Municipal Elections were definitely a priority for the party for which one also needs to have a strong organisational structure.
“The issue was also discussed during the Core Committee meeting, which was held for more than an hour, said Bhagat.
It was also decided to observe death anniversary of the BJP founding member Pandit Deen Dayaal as Samarpan Diwas on February 11, he added.
The meeting was attended by six out of nine members of the Core Committee. Chief Minister Raghubar Das, State BJP President laxman Gilua, Rural Development Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda, mp Sunil Singh and State unit BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Dharampal Singh attended the meeting, while former Chief Minister Arjun Munda, former State BJP President and MP Ravindra Rai and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha were not present.