Naga leader Chuba assigned to campaign for a month in Outer Manipur
New Delhi
Across all Lok Sabha segments and important states, central ministers and senior MPs have been directed by BJP central leadership to step for the month-long campaign and party programmes beginning May 30.
The exercise to continue till June 30 is being organised to mark completion of nine years in office by the BJP government.
Chuba Ao and Union MoS Education Mr subhas Sarkar will work on these programmes in Sikkim and in Outer Manipur, sources said. At present Lorho S. Pfoze of NPF is representing Outer Manipur in Lok Sabha.
For Arunachal Pradesh East seat, the party leadership has nominated Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar to lead the party campaign programme for a month. He will be accompanied by BJP national vice president M Chuba Ao.
There are substantial Naga ethnic groups residing in Arunachal Pradesh East. BJP MP Tapir Gao represents Arunachal East.
When contacted, BJP national vice president M Chuba Ao told this scribe - "This programme has nothing to do with violence. Honourable Home Minister Amit Shah ji and Chief Minister N Biren Singh will handle that. Me and our good friend Subhas Sarkar will focus on the month long programme chiefly trying to reach out to people before next year's LoK Sabha polls."
Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Chandrashekhar will be engaged full time for month long BJP programmes in Meghalaya in connection with completion of nine years in office by the Modi government.
Sources said Dilip Jaiswal, BJP in-charge for Sikkim, will also be also joining him.
Notwithstanding violence and political turmoil, the central BJP has planned a similar programme in tribal dominated Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency.
The BJP has planned a month-long programmes at various levels across the country including organising 51 public rallies.
The month-long programme will also have interaction with Social Media Influencers and businessmen and intellectuals at various mega development project sites.
There will be a 'Sampark se Samarthan' programme across the country and this will have outreach to at least 1000 influential people for each Lok Sabha constituency.
Meghalaya has two Lok Sabha seats and it is being speculated that the saffron
party may insists with its state-level ally NPP of Conrad Sangma for one seat.
The BJP had contested all 60 seats in Meghalaya in February polls this year but could retain only two seats
it had won in 2018.
NPP chief Conrad's sister Agatha Sangma, also a former Union Minister, now represents Tura parliamentary constituency
in Garo Hills while state Congress president Vincent H Pala is the Shillong MP.
There is a proposal to organise a 'Prabudh Sammelan' on June 25, 2023 under which the Prime Minister's 'Mann Ki Baat' programme will be listened to by party leaders, ministers and Karyakartas across the country.
Moreover, as June 25 coincides with the anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, leaders and party
workers will also see video documentaries on Emergency.
Notably, various achievements of the Modi government will be highlighted during the month long exercise.
The Modi government has fulfilled one major electoral promise of the BJP or Jan Sangh since their foundations.
The government on Aug. 5, 2019, abrogated Article 370 of the constitution in Jammu and Kashmir and also bifurcated the province and declared Ladakh as a separate Union Territory.
The Modi government in 2014 took over the reins of power on May 26th and five years later after the renewed mandate wherein the Lotus party could pick up 303 seats, the Prime Minister and his ministerial colleagues were again sworn in on May 30, 2019.
On May 30 or 31st, 2023, a mega rally will be addressed by Prime Minister Modi marking the launch of the month-long programme.
The 51 rallies as proposed will be organised at Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies which will be addressed by Union Ministers, BJP national office bearers, Chief Ministers, Leaders Of Opposition and state presidents and others.
Ends
Guest column : M Chuba Ao, National Vice President, BJP
::: Hype about resurgence of Rahul is based on falsehood
Much hype has been created over the mandate in Karnataka. The media including in the western countries are trying to drive home a signal that the Congress has emerged as a key victorious and our BJP has been vanquished.
Of course, the Congress has won a massive mandate in Karnataka but in no way this poll outcome signals anything for the BJP Karyakartas to feel demoralised. Reasons are many and I will try to highlight a few.
In 2022, we had won massive victories in states such as Uttar Pradesh. In the process we returned to power in the most populous state in north India that sends 80 lawmakers to Lok Sabha. The power of PM Narendra Modi and Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was almost magical.
The BJP also retained power in neighboring Uttarakhand, known as the Devbhumi or land of Gods and also in critical state of Manipur in the northeast and Goa on the west coast — with both states having sizable Christian population.
It is true the Congress party has still to grapple on how to take on Prime Minister Modi’s mass popularity and the electoral might of the BJP built up by thousands of Karyakartas like us under the guidance of Shri Modi ji and also Home Minister Amit Shah ji, BJP president J P Nadda ji and BJP general secretary (Organisation) Shri B L Santhosh ji.
The media should not forget that between 2020 and 2022, Rahul Gandhi and Congress party – also supported by Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi has ended up on the losing side in nine of the 10 state assembly elections.
The Congress was reduced to ruling just two states Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and now it has added Karnataka. The marginalisation of Congress needs deeper studies but the media seemed to have decided to make a mountain out of mole hill.
The law of the average also does better. Look how.
Since May 2019 when Narendra Modi returned to power for the second time, the Karnataka poll outcome was only the second victory for Rahul Gandhi and the Congress. The first was Himachal Pradesh in December 2022. Even Congres leaders have admitted that in both Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, the Congress victories were largely attributed to local factors. So where is the Rahul Gandhi angle?
On our part, we, the BJP, could win 15 assembly polls out of 25 since 2019 and in West Bengal, we have emerged now as the second largest party and chief competitor to incompetent Mamata Banerjee regime. Moreover, the Congress and communists in 2021 assembly polls in TMC-ruled state were reduced to zero. It was truly historic.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, we won 18 from West Bengal and this time we may do much better to increase our overall national tally.
During these years, we are now a serious contestant in Telangana as well and here our competitor will be BRS and Congress may end up in the third position. We have similar story from Andhra Pradesh.
In other words, the BJP’s continued electoral successes since 2014 have led to the increased marginalization of the Congress, which ruled India for about six decades since its independence in 1947. Even the communists are now in much weaker wicket though the Leftists could retain Kerala in 2021 denying Congress the usual chance (in five years) to come back.
From statistics and theoretical views, the Congress was expected to wrest power from the BJP in Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand but it failed in 2022. Earlier this year, Congress tally was not encouraging in Meghalaya and it scored zero for two consecutive polls in Nagaland.
Till over a year and half back, Congress was considered with some base and strengths in Punjab; but it failed miserably again and ended up losing power in Punjab to Aam Aadmi Party.
Also, there is no need to link Lok Sabha elections of 2024 to Karnataka won by Congress. In 2013, the Congress did very well in Karnataka polls and we could win only 40; but some months there was the Modi phenomenon and the rest is history.
The BJP Karyakartas have a high level of motivation and tireless zeal to work at the booth level.
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