All hue with saffron cry

Jharkhand BJP leaders told to campaign for Chhattisgarh poll

Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi Monday, October 27, 2008

Senior BJP leaders in Jharkhand have been instructed by the party high command to gear up and start campaigning for Chhattisgarh BJP for the forthcoming Assembly election, scheduled to be held on November 14 and November 20.

Jharkhand BJP leaders, having connection with Chhattisgarh and Orissa, and those who worked as office-bearers of the party in Chhattisgarh BJP, have been specially instructed by the party high command to campaign for the party and highlight the performance of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.

Party sources said senior party leaders, including Jharkhand BJP organisational secretary Ranjan Patel, regional general secretary Prassan Mishra, the editor of party periodical Antyodaya; Ravinath Kishore; former spokesperson of the party Ramesh Puskar, BJP State secretary Ganesh Mishra, former BJP MLA Dinesh Oraon and a host of other party leaders.

The party has also decided to hold a series of election rallies which senior BJP leader and leader to the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly Arjun Munda would address.

During telephonic conversation with The Pioneer, BJP national secretary and Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pardesh; Prabhat Jha, who had made a personal request to the leaders of the State BJP for campaigning, said: "Both Jharkhand and Orissa have been an integral part of the State politics due to cultural proximity. The presence of the party leaders from Jharkhand and Orissa would help us to target the tribal vote banks especially in the constituencies adjacent to Jharkhand and Orissa."

The Jharkhand leaders has been asked to focus upon Raighar and Ambikapur, which equally has a large presence of the voters belonging to Jharkhand and Orissa. Terming their presence fruitful for the party in the elections, Jha added that after November 1 some other BJP leaders are expected to arrive.

It should be noted that Chhattisgarh has a massive presence of people belonging to Jharkhand and Orissa, which according to Jha "is near about 20 per cent." Besides election related campaigns, the party leaders from Jharkhand has been assigned with important task of media coordination.

During telephonic conversation with the Pioneer correspondent, Ramesh Pushkar, who has been appointed as media incharge of Raipur centre, said for effective media coordination the party has formed four media cells at four places: Bilashpur, Jagdalpur and Sarjuga and Raipur. The team includes Ravinath Kishore, who said that their first priority was to make people aware of the developmental works done by the Raman Singh Government.

On November 14, elections would be held in 39 Assembly constituencies while in the second phase the rest 51 Assembly constituencies would go for vote on November 20. The BJP has already fielded 20 candidates, including Raman Singh, who filed his nomination from Rajnand Gaon Assembly constituency. Terming it another unforgettable moment for Chhattisgarh BJP, when leaders of both the States stood united for the success of the party in the election, Raman Singh said: "The victory of the party in the elections would be a combined victory of the party units of both the States."

It should be noted that the women cell of Chhattisgarh BJP had actively campaigned for the Jharkhand BJP during the last parliamentary and Assembly elections in the State.For the leadership of Jharkhand BJP, the victory of Raman Singh in the elections would benefit the party in the coming parliamentary elections.