Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) on Friday started preparation for the Bermo bye election. The polling is necessitated due to the death of veteran congress leader and MLA, Rajendra Prasad Singh.
A meeting was held in leadership of JPCC Chief Rameshwar Oraon at Congress Bhawan in the State Capital to start preparation to win the seat.
During the meeting it was decided that the election will be contested on the work done by the former Minister, Late Rajendra Prasad Singh. Oraon, while presiding the meeting, said that Rajendra Babu did a lot of work for the Bermo Assembly constituency, despite this many things still incomplete, the party will have to contest the elections in Bermo constituency to realize his dreams. “Congress Block presidents will have to go ahead and connect new people to the party by strengthening the booth committee. In the booths where the votes were received last time, the block presidents need to work hard to increase the number of votes. For strengthening the booth, the State Congress will conduct a campaign to contact voters under its supervision,” he added.
Informing the problem of the people of Bermo, former State Youth Congress president Anoop Singh, said that the city council stressed on getting a lot of work done in the area. He said that both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the city council are members of the Congress, they have won the elections, despite the officials of the city council ignoring their suggestion on the civic body problems. Booth committee lists are ready, they are constantly being contacted, he added.
Speaking on the occasion Youth Congress President Kumar Gaurav said that the areas where the party had an edge it needed attention. “It is necessary to spread the work being done by the State Government to the people. Due to the absence of Rajendra Babu, a lot of work of MLA Fund has been stopped which needs to be extended beyond the administrative level,” he added.
Dhanbad District President Brajendra Prasad Singh and Giridih District President Naresh Verma said that Bermo has been a workers’ area since the beginning, there is penetration of INTUC, and most of the workers are connected with INTUC. Hence the people of INTUC will have to go ahead in the elections, they added.
Bokaro district president Manzoor Ansari said that all the Blocks president and the party workers in the Bermo assembly constituency have been given the necessary guidelines.
Senior leaders like JPCC Executive president, Keashav Mahto Kamlesh, Rajesh Thakur, JPCC Spokesperson Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo, Rajesh Gupta were present during the meeting.