Modi Govt 2.0: BJP to hold month-long campaign to mark first anniversary

PTI, May 28, 2020, 2:58 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP is going to hold a month-long campaign starting from June to mark the first anniversary of the Modi 2.0 government and will hold digital rallies in all districts across the country, its general secretary Bhupendra Yadav said.

Underlining that the party stood with the general public in the fight against Covid-19, Yadav said the party workers distributed 19 crore food packets and more than 4 crore packets of ration across the country.

Addressing a press conference via video conference, he said, “Amid the corona crisis the BJP workers were on the ground. They were serving people in all 909 organizational districts across the country and providing them all the necessary help.

Besides food, the party workers also distributed more than 5 crore masks, made people aware the Aarogya Setu app, motivated them to contribute to PM Cares fund.

Talking about the first anniversary of the Modi 2.0 government, Yadav said, “The party will hold digital rallies across the country and its all seven wings will also hold 500 digital rallies in their respective fields. BJP president JP Nadda will also address the party workers through Facebook Live on this occasion,’ he said.

“The party will reach out to people with a letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi talking about self-reliant India, achievements of the government, and will distribute them in ten crore families,” Yadav said.

“It will be a month-long campaign starting from June,” he said.

When asked about upcoming Bihar elections, Yadav, who is also party’s in-charge for the state, said it is for the Election Commission to decide when and how polls should be held.

“As far as the BJP is concerned, the party has been preparing for the elections and will use new technologies for campaigning and communicating with the people,” he said.