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BJP courts civil society with NGO outreach ahead of UP polls
The BJP is courting the civil society in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly election.
The BJP is courting the civil society in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly election.
The BJP’s ideological warriors have planned a meeting of about 250 non-government organisations in Varanasi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency – on October 21 to deliberate on their “role in Uttar Pradesh’s development”.
The event is being jointly organised by Thane-based Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, an organisation associated with the Sangh Parivar, and New Delhi-based Indian Social Responsibility Network, which is also founded by BJP and RSS leaders.
BJP vice president Vinay Sahsrabuddhe, UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, the state unit’s organisational secretary Sunil Bansal and KVIC chairman VK Saxena will attend the Varanasi event, sources said.
The BJP aims to engage with these NGOs in Uttar Pradesh, hoping that their elaborate network, particularly in rural areas, will supplement its poll effort during the campaign.
“They can be a medium to take the Modi government’s flagship schemes to interior parts of the state,” a BJP leader associated with the programme told HT.