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Hindustan Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
BJP targets migrant voters; to send team to 150 districts to woo them
The NDA has started its election preparedness on war footing. With an eye on ensuring support from all sections, the BJP and the NDA is working on a strategy to woo about three crore migrant voters of Bihar. A meeting was organized in Patna BJP office on Tuesday to discuss ways and means to win over their support. Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal honouring BJP national general secretary Tarun Chug and Dushyant Gautam during party meeting at BJP office in Patna on Tuesday. (Santosh Kumar/HT) With assembly elections in all likelihood likely to be held around Diwali-Chhath, a time when migrants labourers working in other parts of the country return to state to take part in festivity, BJP has chalked out a strategy to reach them. The migrant voters often play an important role in the elections. At a meeting held at party office and attended by BJP national general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Gautam, Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal, the saffron party has decided to contact migrant voters of Bihar across the country. An appeal will be made to come to Bihar and vote. The party has identified nearly 150 districts in the country for the purpose. 'For this, about 150 leaders of Bihar have been given responsibility and made in-charge, who will go to different districts of the country and contact the migrant Biharis. They will motivate them to come to Bihar and vote in the elections. Data of ordinary business influential Biharis will be prepared by sending in-charges to different states. This is part of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat program. For this, BJP had already appointed in-charges of 28 states,' said BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal. Jaiswal said that being a true Indian, it is the duty of all of us to celebrate every effort for the unity of the country, fill it with celebration and enthusiasm. Speaking on the occasion, BJP's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh said that 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' further strengthens the thread of unity of the country. He said that this is the basic mantra that binds us in the thread of unity today. He said that today BJP has become the basis of a strong India. We will be the best only when we are strong. In another important development of the day, after holding meeting with top JD (U) leaders including party union ministers, state ministers on Monday, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday held with select BJP ministers including BJP national general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Gautam, Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal. During the JD (U) meeting on Monday while the discussion centred around on strengthening the organization. Kumar also gave tasks to JD-U leaders. The meeting with BJP leaders, though centred around development and government's achievement, it also laid stress on continued effort on unity. 'Only development agenda was discussed and nothing else. The main agenda was development and generation of employment. We also reviewd government's achievement,' said senior BJP leader and co-operative minister Prem Kumar. A senior BJP leader, though not part of the meeting, said that the main motive of the meeting was to send further message to voters and opposition that NDA was united. 'In the wake of misinformation campaign started by opposition alliance, the meeting convened by Nitish Kumar is a strong signal to them that NDA allies are solidly behind him,' said the BJP leader.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
BJP to mobilise 3 crore Bihar migrants to boost NDA votes
Patna: The BJP is targeting around three crore Bihari migrants residing in other states, urging them to return and vote for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates in the assembly elections scheduled for Oct-Nov this this end, the BJP convened a workshop on 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' at its Patna office on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by BJP national general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Gautam, MPs, state spokespersons and other party officials to devise a strategy for the upcoming state president Dilip Jaiswal said the meeting focused on grassroots organisational structures, the concept of 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat', and the party's election BJP plans to connect with approximately three crore migrant Biharis across the country. A comprehensive database is being prepared to include not only ordinary migrants but also prominent people, businessmen and social media influencers. The party intends to involve them in Bihar's development and politics and will appeal to them to return home to vote in the state facilitate this, the BJP has appointed party in-charges in 150 districts across India. Some of these officials will be sent to their respective areas to engage directly with Bihari migrants, build emotional ties, and motivate them to participate in the election process in said, "More such meetings will take place in the coming weeks and months before the election is announced in Bihar."Tarun Chugh said, "'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' further strengthens the unity of the country. We will be great only when we are strong."Dushyant Gautam added, "The sense of discrimination in the policies and intentions of the previous governments has also been weakening the unity of the country. In the last 10 years, the new model of good governance in the country has ended every scope of discrimination. We have chosen the path of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'."Criticising the opposition, Jaiswal said, "The opposition camp is in depression over the unity in NDA. They are playing the same record and making personal attacks (on CM Nitish Kumar) because they don't have any issue to talk about."
