Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sushma to expand BJP support base


NEW DELHI, Jan. 20: While the recent changes in the BJP leadership are making headlines, the newly elected leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj is endeavoring to expand the party’s support base utilizing the Parliament as a platform. It is understood that during the ensuing session of the Parliament, right from the Budget session, the party would be highlighting issues prevalent in the constituencies from where the BJP has no MP.

According to the plan chalked out by Swaraj, wither senior BJP leaders would visit these areas or call leaders from these regions to New Delhi to obtain a first-hand account of the most serious problems faced by the people in these constituencies. In a conversation with newsmen, Swaraj said, “Senior BJP leaders would then constantly raise these issues in Parliament. We have to prove to the people that our party is the only and the best alternative to the Congress. This is the biggest challenge before our party.”

Speaking in support of her program, Sushma Swaraj, who recently assumed to position vacated by veteran BJP leader and one-time Prime Ministerial aspirant L K Advani, is of the opinion that the organizational and parliamentary wings of the party will not be able to achieve the task by acting separately. She, however, opposed the allegation that the BJP’s leadership was competing with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in asking its leaders to visit the last man in the queue and have direct contacts with the masses.

Swaraj claimed that the BJP leaders were younger compared to those in the Congress. Rahul is talking about changeover in the youth brigade of the Congress; but the BJP has promoted young leaders in the main setup of the organization since long.

She asserted, “No matter how much you work in the organization, it has to be a joint responsibility of both the wings of party to expand the BJP’s support base. The organization will have to become active and progressive. Our new president Nitin Gadkari has stepped into national politics without biases and prejudices. I am confident he would establish himself to deliver good for the party.”

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