Jammu, Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday urged workers and leaders to work together to ensure that the Union Territory gets its first prime minister from the saffron party by single-handedly winning the upcoming elections to the assembly.
Addressing hundreds of party delegates attending the two-day 'Vistarit Karyasamiti Baithak' that began at Mishriwala near here on Friday, Raina slammed the Congress and National Conference for allegedly exploiting different sections of people for politics of the vote banks.
Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Jitendra Singh, national general secretary in-charge of J&K Tarun Chugh and other senior BJP leaders including former deputy chief ministers Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta attended the meeting which began in BJP headquarters here.
BJP national president and Union minister J P Nadda will also attend the meeting in the second half to discuss the party's roadmap for the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We have to give a commitment before we leave this meeting that we will work towards a majority in the next assembly elections. Our commitment is to form the next government on our own and have a BJP chief minister and we have to work together to achieve this goal," Raina said.
The meeting began with participants paying rich tributes to BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 123rd birth anniversary. Mookerjee was one of the founders of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the precursor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mookerjee, who strongly opposed the now repealed Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, died under mysterious circumstances in 1953, soon after his arrest in Jammu and Kashmir following his agitation over the challenge "Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur Do Nishan nahi". "(A single country cannot have two constitutions, two prime ministers and two national emblems).
“On May 17, 2023, we made a commitment focused on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and we are grateful to 15 lakh party workers who worked hard and ensured the victory of both the candidates from the two Lok Sabha seats of J&K. We have to rededicate ourselves and surpass Congress and the National Conference,” Raina said.
He said that the Congress and NC have exploited different sections of the population for the vote bank and that “it was the Prime Minister Modi-led government that provided justice to different disadvantaged sections of the society, including refugees from Pakistan Western and PoJK, the Gujjars, the Bakerwals and the Paharis. "
"The BJP, under the leadership of Modi, healed the wounds of the people and ensured restoration of peace, prosperity and development. It was the BJP that strengthened democracy at the grassroots level by implementing the 73rd and 73rd constitutional amendments. 74 and joined 'Dil and Dilli ki Doori". '. If there is any pending issue it is to recover Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” she said.
Union Minister Reddy, who is in-charge of the BJP's polls in Jammu and Kashmir, said the meeting is part of the party's national program to prepare a roadmap for the next three-four months after the formation of the NDA-led government at the center of the third term.
"Such meetings are planned across the country and we are carrying out a detailed review of the Lok Sabha results, taking feedback from workers and preparing a roadmap for the next three-four months," he told reporters. .
He said that during the meeting the upcoming assembly elections will surely be discussed.
"After the abrogation of Article 370, a positive atmosphere prevails in J&K and we will see the party's support base strengthening further in Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding that the BJP will highlight all the achievements made in the Territory of the Union over the last 10 years. years.
Addressing hundreds of party delegates attending the two-day 'Vistarit Karyasamiti Baithak' that began at Mishriwala near here on Friday, Raina slammed the Congress and National Conference for allegedly exploiting different sections of people for politics of the vote banks.
Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Jitendra Singh, national general secretary in-charge of J&K Tarun Chugh and other senior BJP leaders including former deputy chief ministers Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta attended the meeting which began in BJP headquarters here.
BJP national president and Union minister J P Nadda will also attend the meeting in the second half to discuss the party's roadmap for the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We have to give a commitment before we leave this meeting that we will work towards a majority in the next assembly elections. Our commitment is to form the next government on our own and have a BJP chief minister and we have to work together to achieve this goal," Raina said.
The meeting began with participants paying rich tributes to BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 123rd birth anniversary. Mookerjee was one of the founders of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the precursor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mookerjee, who strongly opposed the now repealed Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, died under mysterious circumstances in 1953, soon after his arrest in Jammu and Kashmir following his agitation over the challenge "Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur Do Nishan nahi". "(A single country cannot have two constitutions, two prime ministers and two national emblems).
“On May 17, 2023, we made a commitment focused on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and we are grateful to 15 lakh party workers who worked hard and ensured the victory of both the candidates from the two Lok Sabha seats of J&K. We have to rededicate ourselves and surpass Congress and the National Conference,” Raina said.
He said that the Congress and NC have exploited different sections of the population for the vote bank and that “it was the Prime Minister Modi-led government that provided justice to different disadvantaged sections of the society, including refugees from Pakistan Western and PoJK, the Gujjars, the Bakerwals and the Paharis. "
"The BJP, under the leadership of Modi, healed the wounds of the people and ensured restoration of peace, prosperity and development. It was the BJP that strengthened democracy at the grassroots level by implementing the 73rd and 73rd constitutional amendments. 74 and joined 'Dil and Dilli ki Doori". '. If there is any pending issue it is to recover Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” she said.
Union Minister Reddy, who is in-charge of the BJP's polls in Jammu and Kashmir, said the meeting is part of the party's national program to prepare a roadmap for the next three-four months after the formation of the NDA-led government at the center of the third term.
"Such meetings are planned across the country and we are carrying out a detailed review of the Lok Sabha results, taking feedback from workers and preparing a roadmap for the next three-four months," he told reporters. .
He said that during the meeting the upcoming assembly elections will surely be discussed.
"After the abrogation of Article 370, a positive atmosphere prevails in J&K and we will see the party's support base strengthening further in Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding that the BJP will highlight all the achievements made in the Territory of the Union over the last 10 years. years.
