The BJP on Sunday started its Vijay Sankalp (victory pledge) rally across the country in a mission mode with a pledge to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister again. In its two day rally on March 24 and 26, the Saffron party aims on holding public meeting at 500 places, addressed by Ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, BJP MPs and senior leaders of the party.
In Jharkhand, Vijay Sankalp (victory pledge) rally will be held at all 14 Lok Sabha segment. Starting with the Vijay Sankalp rally, BJP national general secretary and party Rajya Sabha MP Bhupender Yadav and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha addressed public meetings at Hazaribag and Jamshedpur respectively.
Addressing party workers at Michael John auditorium in Steel City, Jayant Sinha said that the opposition parties have united against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grab power. Sinha describing the opposition parties or grand alliance as unholy alliance said that these parties have joined hands to save their political fiefdom. Sinha also highlighted the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government claiming that what Modi Government has done in five years the Congress government failed to do in 50 years.
While Sinha addressed meeting at Hazaribag, BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Bhupender Yadav addressed the Vijay Sankalp rally in Hazaribag. Yadav who is close to BJP national president Amit Shah and known for his war room planning and implementation gave matra to BJP cadres and members as part of Vijay Sankalp rally. Yadav gave tips to BJP members on booth management and went on to highlighting the achievements of Narendra Modi’s government in centre.
State BJP general secretary Deepak Prakash said, “Senior leaders of party, both from centre and state level, along with ministers in Modi Government will participate at Vijay Sankalp rally in all 14 Lok Sabha segments. The leaders will address party cadres, leaders and BJP supporters highlighting the achievements of the government.” The leaders will also ask party cadre to reach out to people and inform them about how national security importance grew as an important issue for Central Government under Modi’s rule. The BJP during its Sankalp rally will also highlight the government’s response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack.
The BJP leaders feel that the handling of the situation post-Pulwama had earned the party momentum in rural areas.
While Jayant and Yadav addressed Sankalp rally today, Chief Minister Raghubar Das and former Chief Minister Arjun Munda will address Sankalp rally at Basukinath in Dumka and Chaibasa respectively on March 26. The Vijay Sankalp rally is seen as party function to sharpen its campaign ahead of Lok Sabha elections. BJP national president Amit Shah addressed rally in Agra while former BJP national president and union home minister Rajnath Singh addressed rally in Lucknow on Sunday.
Meanwhile, as party of Lok Sabha election preparations, a meeting of BJP election committee was held at party office which was attended by Chief Minister Raghubar Das and other senior leaders. At the election committee meeting it was discussed that party will focus on the campaigning. Sources said that 28 Chariots will be sent to all 14 Lok Sabha constituencies highlighting the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP poll promises.