SHIMLA: The BJP in Himachal Pradesh stated Friday it has recognized 2,440 polling cubicles the place it’s weak and is working at strengthening itself in these areas forward of the 2024 normal elections. The “weak booths”, out of a complete of seven,883 within the state, have been picked in accordance to the get together’s efficiency there prior to now three Lok Sabha elections, BJP spokesperson Karan Nanda informed PTI.
Lok Sabha MPs will go to these cubicles and go door to door to enhance the get together’s prospects within the elections subsequent yr, he stated. Grassroots-level staff have been requested to make folks conscious of programmes and schemes of the central authorities, Nanda added.
The BJP has recognized 100 cubicles every from the 4 parliamentary constituencies of Shimla, Kangra, Mandi and Hamirpur, and 30 cubicles every in all of the 68 meeting constituencies within the state, the BJP chief stated.
The strategy of chalking out programmes to be taken to the sales space degree has began and the frequency of programmes on the sales space degree might be elevated, he stated. Nanda stated extra staff from different cubicles and mandals can be appointed in these weak cubicles to strengthen the get together there.
The mantra to have interaction the get together staff is “work for every worker and workers for every work”, the BJP leaders stated, including that the construction is prepared until the bottom degree with about 23,647 “tridev” (comprising sales space presidents, sales space palaks and sales space degree brokers) and 1,18,245 “panna pramukh”.
The BJP obtained 69.11 per cent votes within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, profitable all of the 4 seats. The Congress secured 27.30 per cent votes. However, the BJP misplaced the by-elections to the Mandi Lok Sabha seat after the dying of sitting MP Ramswroop Sharma in 2021.
The saffron get together misplaced the Himachal Pradesh meeting elections in 2022 through which the Congress bagged 40 seats. The BJP gained 25 and Independents three. In the 2014 polls, the BJP secured 53.85 per cent votes in contrast to 49.58 per cent in 2009, whereas the Congress obtained 41.07 per cent and 45.61 per cent votes in 2014 and 2009 respectively.
