DC | B. Aravinda Shetty | 3 hours 11 sec ago
Bengaluru: In an effort to drum up support for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Karnataka, the state unit of BJP has initiated ‘OUTREACH-2014’, a first-of-its-kind surrogate campaign across the state.
With a tagline “yes we can, yes we will rebuild our nation” the campaign has already reached more than 10,000 voters in and around Bengaluru with IT professionals and young employees of private enterprises distributing pamphlets on the importance of Narendra Modi’s leadership.
The pamphlets described the success story of Modi and how he transformed Gujarat while lambasting the Congress-led UPA in New Delhi for its follies.These volunteers have been highlighting the achievements of the previous NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during their interaction with voters, including supporters of Congress or Janata Dal (S), sources in the state unit of BJP told Deccan Chronicle.
Though the initiative is the brainchild of organizing secretary Santhosh, leaders of BJP have restricted themselves to behind-the-scene activity. In Bangaluru, where it was launched on a pilot basis, five zones have been created and coordinators appointed for each zone.In every zone, training classes have been held every Saturday and those volunteers dedicate themselves to campaign on every Sunday. The party functionaries are assisting volunteers to take the initiative forward.
At present, nearly 560 volunteers have enrolled for the initiative with the party providing logistic support to carry forward this campaign in Doddaballapur, Kolar, KGF, Chikkaballapur, Kanakapura, Malur and Ramanagara.
“At first, we enrolled volunteers in Bangaluru (Urban) and Bengaluru (Rural) districts (locations about 100 km from Bangaluru). As we received a positive response from voters, we decided to expand across Karnataka,” says Chickpet corporator Shivakumar.
He claimed that the party’s units in neighbouring states were keen to launch this initiative after learning about its success in Karnataka. Likewise, units in north India were also keen to emulate the example set by the Karnataka unit in enhancing the popularity of Narendra Modi, he added.
States: Karnataka
With a tagline “yes we can, yes we will rebuild our nation” the campaign has already reached more than 10,000 voters in and around Bengaluru with IT professionals and young employees of private enterprises distributing pamphlets on the importance of Narendra Modi’s leadership.
The pamphlets described the success story of Modi and how he transformed Gujarat while lambasting the Congress-led UPA in New Delhi for its follies.These volunteers have been highlighting the achievements of the previous NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during their interaction with voters, including supporters of Congress or Janata Dal (S), sources in the state unit of BJP told Deccan Chronicle.
Though the initiative is the brainchild of organizing secretary Santhosh, leaders of BJP have restricted themselves to behind-the-scene activity. In Bangaluru, where it was launched on a pilot basis, five zones have been created and coordinators appointed for each zone.In every zone, training classes have been held every Saturday and those volunteers dedicate themselves to campaign on every Sunday. The party functionaries are assisting volunteers to take the initiative forward.
At present, nearly 560 volunteers have enrolled for the initiative with the party providing logistic support to carry forward this campaign in Doddaballapur, Kolar, KGF, Chikkaballapur, Kanakapura, Malur and Ramanagara.
“At first, we enrolled volunteers in Bangaluru (Urban) and Bengaluru (Rural) districts (locations about 100 km from Bangaluru). As we received a positive response from voters, we decided to expand across Karnataka,” says Chickpet corporator Shivakumar.
He claimed that the party’s units in neighbouring states were keen to launch this initiative after learning about its success in Karnataka. Likewise, units in north India were also keen to emulate the example set by the Karnataka unit in enhancing the popularity of Narendra Modi, he added.
States: Karnataka
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