AMN / NEW DELHI
The BJP on Thursday announced two key election committees for Rajasthan where the assembly elections are due later this year.
Former chief minister and senior party leader Vasundhara Raje is not part of any of these panels.
The election management committee and the election manifesto committee were formed by the party’s national president J P Nadda.
The 21-member election management committee is headed by former MP Narayan Panchariya, while Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will lead the Pradesh Sankalp Patra (manifesto) committee.
The 21-member election management committee is headed by former MP Narayan Panchariya. Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will lead the election manifesto panel, called the Pradesh Sankalp Patra (manifesto) Committee.
The party is expected to announce a third panel – an election campaign committee – for the state in the coming weeks, before the year-end assembly polls.
When asked about Raje’s non-inclusion in the poll panels, BJP state in-charge Arun Singh said she will campaign in the election.
“She is the national vice president of the party. She has a big role to play. She has been the chief minister of the state twice. She will campaign in the election. We all respect her,” he told reporters.
He said the election management committee has experienced leaders to manage day-to-day poll-related activities.
Singh also said the election manifesto committee has representation from all sections of society, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, so that their expectations can be incorporated in the manifesto.
BJP’s state election in-charge and Union minister Pralhad Joshi said both state and central leaders of the party will campaign for the crucial polls.
Arun Singh said the party will take out four “Parivartan Yatras” in the state in September. These will be led by different leaders.
“Our strategy is ready. I have full confidence that people will give the mandate to the BJP and we will get a historic victory,” he said.