Names of Union Ministers have been announced who would be ‘available’ in the BJP office next week to interact with party workers.
While Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar would be present on Monday, Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal’s turn is on Tuesday, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Wednesday, Minister for Petroleum and Natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday and Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping Krishan Pal Gurjar on Friday. ‘Availability’ of one Minister in the party office is to bridge the gap between the Government and party workers. Party workers are expected to interact with Ministers and articulate their issues during the working days from 4 pm to 6 pm. last week, Minister of State for Heavy Industries, P Radha Krishnan, was present in the party office on Wednesday followed by Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Thursday and Minister for Commerce and Industry and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday. The arrangement for other weeks would be formalised after consultations with Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
The party workers business agenda would be checked before they present themselves before the Ministers. It is not clear whether the Minister would also be meeting media or restrict himself to party workers only.