BJP aiming at ‘triple engine’ govt with MC poll
Pradeep Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 20
Buoyed by its historic win in the recent Assembly elections, the ruling BJP is aiming for a ‘triple engine’ government at the Centre, state and in the upcoming elections to the eight municipal corporations.
“After the formation of the government at the centre and the state, the BJP is again in the election mode and will win the forthcoming MC poll hands down to realise the dream of ‘triple engine’ government”, BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli told The Tribune after the meeting of the core group at Panchkula today.
In fact, a blueprint of the election strategy to be adopted in the forthcoming MC poll was discussed in detail along with organisational matters at a series of meetings since yesterday. A better coordination between the party organisation and the BJP government was stressed upon the meeting.
The focus of the core group meeting today was on strengthening the organisational set-up with the enrollment of 50 lakh members during the ongoing membership drive. It was felt that a revamped organisational structure would stand the party in good stead in the MC poll as it was already in the election mode after the Assembly election win.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini claimed that the ‘double engine’ government had taken the benefits of welfare schemes to the doorsteps of the downtrodden in Haryana and all other BJP-ruled states. The situation in non-BJP-ruled states such as West Bengal, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh was exactly opposite as they failed to implement the pro-poor schemes of the Modi government, Saini alleged.
Sources claimed a better coordination between the BJP organization and the state government was underscored at the meeting. Senior BJP leaders, including Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Ministers for Housing and Urban Affairs and Housing, Saudan Singh, national vice-president, Satish Poonia, Haryana BJP in charge, Fnanindranath Sharma, general secretary(organisation), Subhash Barala and Kiran Chaudhry, both Rajya Sabha members, attended the core group meeting.
