She proves that she is no less a seasoned politician when it comes to campaigning. She waves the victory sign and accepts greetings from people wearing a smile on her face. She raises slogans to motivate people to vote for the BJP. Though she is not a party leader but still manages to grab attention.
Meera Munda, wife of former CM Arjun Munda, has donned the campaigner’s cap as she is taking to the streets of Kharsawan to protest the policies of the State Government. Meera along with hundreds of women party activists takes part in a ‘pad yatra’ as part of her campaign in Kharsawan Assembly seat.
From listening to people’s grievances, attending public meetings to door to door campaigns, the Mrs Munda these days are on her toes. She has been campaigning in Kharsawan and Kuchai impressing voters.
Arjun Munda, busy campaigning for the BJP across the State, has not been able to give adequate time to his own constituency.
Anil Modi, media incharge of the BJP informed that during her recent yatra at Kuchai she highlighted the failures of the State government and urged the people, especially housewives, to vote for the BJP. She said, ‘I want to spread the message that the Congress can only hike prices of goods and nothing else.’
She expressed happiness over the overwhelming response to her campaign and added that this shows that people are with the BJP. ‘I’m not campaigning for any individual candidate. I would like to see every candidate of the BJP win,” she said.
Munda has represented Kharsawan seat thrice in 1995, 2000 and 2005 and enjoys a massive support base in the constituency. In 2009, Munda got elected for the lok Sabha from Jamshedpur seat and in his place the BJP fielded Mangal Singh Soy, who won the assembly polls in 2010 by a huge margin. When Munda became Chief Minister in September and was looking for a seat to enter the state assembly, Soy resigned on November 30 to pave way for his leader. Munda defeated his nearest rival Dashrath Gagrai of JVM (P). Munda bagged 61801 votes as against Gagrai’s 44355 votes. located in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, the assembly constituency belongs to Khunti parliamentary constituency.
When contacted, Sanjay Basu, a close associate of Arjun Munda in Kharsawan, noted that the response to the campaign has been overwhelming and people are impressed with the development done.
“Though she is not into active politics nor does she have any political ambition. She is here just to help her husband. Munda jee played an important role in the progress of State during his tenure as the Chief Minister. She is educating the people especially women during her campaigns. She is listening to the problems of women and telling them what Munda jee would do for them if voted to power,” conceded a BJP worker. He said that her presence act as a morale booster and it is easy to interact with women voters and party workers.