Farmers Movement Archive

BJP seeks public feedback on Uttar Pradesh & Central government welfare schemes

LUCKNOW: The BJP has started the process of seeking feedback vis-a-vis implementation of policies and welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and Yogi Adityanath government in UP directly from the people -- in a significant political move that could potentially allow the saffron outfit to plug loopholes, if any, while taking on a belligerent opposition in the run up to UP assembly elections due in the next few months. Confirming the development, UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said that the party functionaries, who are carrying out a door to door campaign, have also been asked to put up a report card of the Modi and Yogi Government before the people and take feedback. "In case people face problems in getting benefits of the policies and schemes or have some suggestions, they can contact their respective booth president or divisional president. Their problems and suggestions will be taken up by the party and the state government earnestly," Singh told TOI on Tuesday. The exercise has been taken up in all 1.63 lakh polling booths since September 26 and will go on till October 2. The UP BJP chief, himself, has campaigned in Lucknow and Gorakhpur, the political backyard of CM Yogi. The measure also falls in line with the ambitious `Booth Vijay Abhiyan' launched by the BJP national president JP Nadda just over two weeks ago on September 11. The move is seen as BJP's aggressive bid to diffuse the probable anti-incumbency which may have gained ground amid an assertive opposition looking up at all possible opportunities to put the ruling party on the mat. BJP sources said that the party leadership desperately seeks to "gain confidence" of the people while projecting the welfare schemes initiated for different communities, including farmers who are staging a stir -- ostensibly in the west UP -- against the three new farm laws. Experts said that the BJP seeks to harp on the popularity of PM Modi while projecting Yogi as the key leader who will spearhead the party's electoral campaign in the forthcoming state polls. Yogi, as a matter of fact, has already hit the press button by visiting various districts to lay foundation stones of developmental projects and holding review meetings with the district authorities. He is expected to step up the campaign in the coming days, sources said. The development also comes close on the heels of the BJP initiating various political measures including cobbling up alliance with smaller outfits like NISHAD party, and firming up its caste equations through the recent expansion of Yogi cabinet and earlier during the rejig in the union cabinet. Sources said that the party seeks to fortify itself electorally through every measure that could counter a bellicose opposition, mainly the two UP regional satraps -- the SP and BSP.

The Times of India

2021-09-29

Lucknow