BJP eyes booth committees in all polling stations
Source: Chronicle News Service / IMS

New Delhi / Imphal, November 07 2021: Gearing up for the 2022 Assembly polls and next general election, the BJP has decided to complete the formation of booth committees at over 10 lakh polling stations across the country by year end.

Addressing the inaugural session of BJP National Executive Committee meet here, party chief JP Nadda set the target to complete the process of forming the booth committees.

Six leaders namely G Kishan Red-dy, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also spoke on the political resolution.

Apart from CM N Biren, BJP Manipur Pradesh A Sharda, works minister Th Biswajit and secretary organisation Abhay Giri also joined the virtual meet from the party's office at Nityaipat Chuthek.

CM Biren and party president A Sharda presented report on the poll preparedness in the state and expressed their confidence that the party will win absolute majority in the 2022 elections.

Briefing the media, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that to strengthen the party at ground level chief Nadda has asked to complete the formation of the commit -tees by December 25 .

"Formation of booth committees have been completed in 85 per cent of polling booths and remaining work will be completed by December 25," Pradhan said.

The party has also decided to implement the successful page committee' concept of Gujarat across the country.

"Page committee will be formed across the country and appointment of Panna Pramukh" will be completed by April 6, next year," Pradhan said.

He said that Nadda also asked for an institutionalised mechanism to listen to the Prime Minister's 'Mann ki Baat' radio programme at each polling booth.

"Party chief talked about three works to strengthen the organisation at ground level as BJP has yet to reach its Utkarsh' (peak)," he said.

Nadda also talked about election results and said that BJP's victory in Huzurabad shows its rise in Telangana.

"Nadda also said that BJP is getting strong in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to win the next elections," Pradhan said.

In his address, Nadda thanked the people of West Bengal who supported the BJP in this year's Assembly polls.

Pradhan added that Nadda in his address also mentioned about the repeal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, which is now on the path of development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Talking about the meet, Pradhan said that it is being held in a hybrid mode.

A political resolution was passed by the BJP's national executive meeting on Sunday.The resolution was moved by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and seconded by Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai.

The seven states slated to go for Assembly elections in the year 2022 are Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that a total of 18 issues were discussed as part of the resolution, including India's Covid-19 vaccination achievement, climate change initiatives, the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme, and how India's youth are now employment generators rather than job seekers.

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