Last Update: June 06, 2023, 13:46 IST
BJP chief JP Nadda (extreme right) meets former army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag as part of an outreach programme. (Twitter)
These five lakh prominent people will include doctors, teachers, retired army officers, Padma awardees, prominent lawyers, sports stars, actors etc., who will be presented with a report card or a booklet on the nine years of the Modi government.
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a ‘Sampark se Samarthan’ campaign to reach out to five lakh prominent citizens from different walks of life, whom it hopes will reach out to later . 140 crore countrymen.
A team of 250 BJP leaders has been prepared for the Maha Sampark Abhiyan.
According to BJP sources, all 250 party leaders will meet prominent citizens of the country in different states and inform them about the works of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in nine years. The list includes Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Nirmala Sitharaman along with chief ministers and state heads of BJP-ruled states, etc.
These five lakh prominent people will include doctors, teachers, retired army officers, Padma awardees, prominent lawyers, sports stars, actors etc., who will be presented with a report card or a booklet on the nine years of the Modi government.
After the outreach, five lakh prominent citizens will be given the responsibility of telling 140 crore Indians about the work done by the Modi government for the welfare of various sectors.
“Our defense forces enjoy a lot of respect among the public and people from different states, youth are keen to be a part of the army and serve the nation. If the army veterans are convinced about the work done by the Modi government, they can help in spreading genuine information among the masses.
As part of the ‘Sampark Se Samarthan’ campaign, it was an honor to meet veterans of our Armed Forces, General (Retd) Dalbir Singh Suhag ji, Lt Gen (Retd) AS Lamba ji, and Air Marshal (Retd). Retd.) Denzil Keelor ji, in Gurugram, Haryana today, and brief him about the achievements… pic.twitter.com/XBYcyWqPU9– Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 5, 2023
As part of the campaign, Nadda has already met some eminent veterans of the army including former Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Marshal Denzil Keelor (retd) and Lt Gen AS Lamba (retd).
A similar contact campaign was launched in 2018 before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Then it was named ‘Contact for Support’.
Then BJP president Amit Shah had met 50 prominent people as part of the campaign, beginning with General Dalbir Singh Suhag, the former army chief who conducted the surgical strike on Pakistan, at his residence. He had also met constitutional expert Subhash Kashyap.