BJP leaders, including State BJP president Deepak Prakash, party legislative party leader Babulal Marandi, former Chief Minister Raghubar Das and others on Friday paid tributes to Deendayal Upadhyay on this 104th birth anniversary. The BJP on this occasion organised virtual rallies across the state which was addressed by different leaders.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday remembering Upadhyay tweeted, “Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Ji’s ideals inspire us to serve the poor and ensure a positive difference in their lives.”
Deendayal Upadhyay was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) thinker and co-founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party or the BJP. Deendayal Upadhyay became the president of the Jana Sangh in December 1967.
While addressing Upadhyay, State BJP president Deepak Prakash said that it is necessary to remember the work practices and guidance of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Ji. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who had a vision of national integral humanism, gave a sense of service to Nar Seva Narayan Seva, which includes serving the poor, dalit, tribal.
Prakash highlighting the work carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which according to him is inculcating the vision of Deendayal Upadhyay said that the Modi government at Centre has done the work of promoting the integral humanism antyodaya and cultural nationalism the two key vision of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
For the welfare of the poor, the Prime Minister is running many schemes including the Housing Scheme, Ujjwala Yojana, Mudra Yojana, Ayushman Yojana.
Addressing a virtual rally organized by BJP Dumka district BJP legislature party leader Babulal Marandi said that BJP is an organization whose basic purpose is service to poor. With the original mantra, the BJP works with a sense of Antyodaya between the country and society.
In the disaster period of the corona epidemic, lakhs BJP workers stood with the people staking their life. Marandi said that the Modi government is fully working on the footsteps of Pandit Deendayal.
Marandi also highlighted the different welfare schemes for poor initiated by Modi government such as Jan Dhan Yojana (opening of accounts,) DBT which is directly transferring money in beneficiaries account, providing gas cylinders to women, giving health cards under Ayushman Bharat, giving roofs under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission, etc.
Former Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay always promoted swadeshi,
the Prime Minister keeping this in mind had started the vocal for local and self-reliant India which is a resolve to promote swadeshi.
Apart from these leaders the virtual rallies was also addressed by BJP general secretary Pradeep Verma, Aditya Sahu, Samir Oroan and others. The main idea behind holding these rallies is to reach out to BJP cadres.