Monday, 25 April 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
The Bharatiya Janata Party has finalised its team of leaders to work in the Champawat Assembly by-election to be contested by the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The BJP national general secretary (Organisation) BL Santosh chaired a meeting at the party’s state office on Sunday which was attended by Dhami, the party’s state in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam, co in-charge Rekha Verma, BJP State president Madan Kaushik, state general secretary (Organisation) Ajaey and a number of senior leaders.
Clarifying the party’s vision in a meeting with party members on Sunday, Santosh said that the responsibility of the party has increased considering its unprecedented victory in the Assembly elections. He said, “The people have elected us again and broken the trend of a party not repeating its government for a second consecutive term in Uttarakhand. This has also made our coming electoral battle in Himachal Pradesh easier.”
Dhami said in the meeting that his government had started work from the first day to implement the promises made in the party’s election manifesto. He spoke about the progress made towards implementation of Uniform Civil Code, change made in the old-age pension scheme, introduction of corruption-free app 1064 and other measures taken by the state government in its one month in office so far.
Talking to the media persons after the meeting, Kaushik said that Rekha Verma, Ajaey, cabinet minister Chandan Ram Das, Kailash Sharma and Deepti Rawat along with the former MLA of Champawat who had recently resigned, Kailash Gahtodi have been appointed to various positions in the team which will work on different aspects in the bypoll. The party is determined to win the Assembly bypoll by a thumping margin.
Kaushik also said that the party will soon undertake an elaborate campaign to inform the public about the various decisions and actions taken by the BJP state government in accordance with the promises made to the public in its election manifesto. The party also held discussions to review its electoral defeat in 23 constituencies in the Assembly election.
Earlier, Santosh arrived on a two-day visit to the State on Saturday and began his rounds of meetings with senior party leaders. On Saturday evening, he held a meeting with the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues.
