LUCKNOW: UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Sunday affirmed that his party did not face any major political challenges despite the opposition raising the ante over a host of issues to corner the ruling party.
“We have leaders as well as the schemes and strategies. We, therefore, do not face any challenge from the opposition,” he said, while speaking to TOI. Singh completes two years as UP BJP chief on Monday.
Singh said that there were also various `vaicharik’ (ideological) issues, including construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which would be taken up by the party in the due course of time. This was a strong pointer to BJP’s strategy to keep the temple issue pulsating while taking on its political opponents.
Singh said that the party would also project the development of religious places like Vindhyachal, Chitrakoot and Shakumbari Devi (Saharanpur), by the Yogi Aditynath government. “The party has managed to fulfill all the ideological commitments it made to the people in the past,” he said, stressing that the abolition of Article 370 was one of the key victories for the ruling party. At the same time, he said, the party sought to ensure a better livelihood for the poor and downtrodden.
The UP BJP chief said his main focus area is now execution of programmes decided in the state executive meet vis-a-vis 2022 assembly elections. The party had decided on a host of campaigns including the constitution of the team of `Swasthya Swayam Sewaks’ by July 20. This will be besides the a special vaccination campaign on July 23, 24 and 25 in which street vendors, shopkeepers and other service providers would be covered.
Buoyed by its electoral success in the recently concluded rural local bodies’ elections, the party will organise felicitation of party supported candidates who got elected as block chairman and members. The programme is scheduled to be organised between July 26 and July 31. After this, the party will take up physical verification of booth level committees between August 16 and September 15.
Singh said that the party would solely rely on the team work of the party workers who have been working hard to raise the political stature of the party.
