PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
The Bharatiya Janata Party State core committee discussed the probable candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections in its meeting held here on Friday. It handed over the responsibility of the Rajya Sabha candidate panel to the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, State president Mahendra Prasad Bhatt and State general secretary (Organisation) Phanindra Nath Sharma. The newly appointed Sharma was also formally welcomed in the core committee during the meeting, the party’s State general secretary Deepti Rawat informed.
The core committee held a detailed discussion on potential candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. The strategy for the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections and the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan were also reviewed.
Informing about the deliberations, Rawat said that since the term of Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Bansal is coming to an end, all the members discussed in detail all the prominent names that came up for the seat. She said that two dozen names have come forward as contenders to the core committee. These include names from all sections including women, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and youth. After detailed discussion in the meeting, it was decided that the panel of upto five names will be finally decided by the CM, State president and State general secretary (Organisation).
Further, a strategy for the upcoming Assembly elections was also deliberated upon. In view of the elections, an action plan was approved for organisational strengthening in all areas, a Shakti Kendra-based plan, booth strengthening and the activation of Panna Pramukhs. The core committee members also considered publicising the achievements of the double-engine government in a more comprehensive and effective way. It was decided to proceed with a specific strategy to ensure that the public welfare schemes and development works implemented by the Central and State governments reach the last eligible person in society. The committee members unanimously called on all the party workers to take the message of the government’s policies and development work to the public. Based on these, they should further strengthen the organisation and move towards a hat-trick in the 2027 Assembly elections.
