Saffron party reaches out to ‘annoyed’ workers to improve poll prospects in Haryana

Ravinder Saini

Rohtak, July 24

Having suffered a setback in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is, these days, on a mission to reach out to its “annoyed” and “inactive” workers across the state. The move aims to persuade them to be “active” again by removing their resentment ahead of the Assembly elections.

While reviewing the results of the LS elections, the BJP leadership found “lack of dedication and enthusiasm” among a section of its workers as one of the major causes behind the party’s below expected performance.

“The party has 330 mandals (units) in all 90 Assembly segments across the state. Under the mission, the party office-bearers from polling booth to mandal level have been tasked to identify workers who devotedly worked for the party in past elections but did not show interest and remain inactive in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The office-bearers have been asked to contact them personally to ascertain exact reasons for their resentment,” said a BJP leader.

He claimed the office-bearers engaged in the mission would not only note down all the reasons after talking to the ‘miffed’ workers but also prepare a report to submit it to the senior leadership so as to initiate the process to persuade them at the earliest.

“Not getting any post in the organisation as well as the government setup is one of the major reasons for the resentment among inactive workers. Some of them were even upset over job and transfer issues,” said a leader. He said senior party leaders would meet such ‘annoyed’ workers and assure them of full respect in the party in future.

Ashok Khurana, BJP’s Rohtak Lok Sabha incharge, said persuading ‘annoyed’ leaders or workers was a routine exercise for every political party ahead of the elections as “the workers are the backbone of every party, who play a vital role in the electoral performance.”

“As part of the ‘Mandal Pravasi Karyakarta’ campaign, the party state incharge Dr Satish Poonia and other senior leaders have been visiting all districts to hold meetings with the party workers and give them the mantra for victory in the Assembly poll and ask them to persuade ‘annoyed’ workers,” said Khurana.

Party office-bearers to meet them personally

• The BJP’s review of the Lok Sabha election results brought to the fore the “lack of dedication and enthusiasm” among a section of party workers as one of the major causes behind the the below expected performance
• The party office-bearers have been asked to contact such workers personally to ascertain exact reasons for their resentment and bring them on board to help the party win the poll and form the government third time in a row