New Delhi: A congregation of greater than 25,000 Hindu non secular leaders from throughout the nation and recitals of Hanuman Chalisa at 14,700 temples — Delhi BJP has deliberate two mega occasions within the coming week as a part of its marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, ThePrint has learnt.
Voting for all of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats can be held in a single part on 25 Could.
As a part of the marketing campaign, greater than 20,000 clergymen from numerous temples in Delhi and over 5,100 Hindu non secular leaders, together with mathadheesh (heads of assorted Hindu sects) and Shankaracharyas, are anticipated to take part on this occasion to have a good time the beginning of the Hindu New 12 months at Indira Gandhi stadium Sunday (21 April).
With the BJP delivering on its key promise of building of Ram temple in Ayodhya, the get together’s Delhi unit goes all out to maintain the difficulty entrance and centre of its marketing campaign within the nationwide capital. Union Minister for Commerce and Business Piyush Goyal will attend the occasion together with different senior leaders, stated Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva.
“It is a mega event where over 25,000 Hindu religious leaders recite the Hanuman Chalisa and participate in kirtans at the venue. We were planning to hold this event on Ram Navami, but all the religious gurus were busy then. The idea is to celebrate not only the Hindu New Year but also construction of the Ram temple, which was a key promise of our party,” stated Sachdeva.
The BJP has made elaborate preparations for the occasion which is able to see performances by singers corresponding to Hansraj Raghuwanshi and Anuradha Paudwal, moreover a reside Ramleela efficiency. Final yr, the BJP had organised the same occasion to have a good time the Hindu New 12 months at Talkatora stadium, stated Karnail Singh, in-charge of the Delhi BJP’s temple cell.
This occasion can be adopted by recitals of Hanuman Chalisa on the event of Hanuman Jayanti (23 April) at 14,780 temples throughout Delhi registered with the BJP, in keeping with Singh.
“On Hanuman Jayanti, we will be organising Hanuman Chalisa recitals at 14,000 plus locations. Our workers are making elaborate arrangements for the events, which will be held in almost every locality. We are planning to organise many more such religious events in the run up to the elections,” stated BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar, who’s Delhi BJP coordinator for election preparations.
Senior BJP leaders stated the thought is to carry collectively all Hindu non secular organisations in Delhi collectively and in addition elevate points regarding non secular teams corresponding to allowance for clergymen. “Delhi government gives salaries to Imams of mosques. We want all priests to also get salaries. We will talk about the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past 10 years and also raise issues concerning our religious leaders,” stated Sachdeva.
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Work of “Sanatan Dharma”
The BJP, which is hoping to win all seven Lok Sabha seats for the third time in a row, is specializing in these group occasions to succeed in out to all sections of society.
BJP leaders stated the get together desires to succeed in folks and inform them concerning the achievements of the Modi authorities, particularly building of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
In 2022, the Delhi BJP had arrange the temple cell to strengthen its community of non secular leaders and organisations within the nationwide capital, stated Karnail Singh. “In the past two years, we have formed a strong network of priests and religious leaders in the city. Our team of 500 plus workers have contacted priests in every mandal (party’s block level). Today, we have a network of 1.47 lakh priests and religious leaders in Delhi,” he claimed.
That is the work of “Sanatan Dharma”, Singh stated, including: “We want to make India a Hindu Rashtra.”
Assured of its victory, BJP leaders stated they’re engaged on rising the margin of victory in every parliamentary constituency. In 2019, BJP gained two seats — West Delhi, North West Delhi — by margins higher than 5 lakh votes and the remaining by margins of not less than 2.2 lakh votes.
BJP leaders stated the development of the Ram temple, which was one of many key guarantees of the Narendra Modi authorities, can be a significant component in these elections and assist the get together improve its vote share.
“Construction of the Ram temple will be a major factor in these elections; this will help the party win all seven seats with an increased margin. This time, we are aiming at increasing our margin of victory to six lakh on the two seats which we won with five lakh votes. We hope to win the remaining constituencies by five lakh plus margin,” stated Mahawar.
The BJP’s Delhi unit has additionally deliberate a gathering of social media influencers from Delhi on 27 April. Mahawar stated, “Things have changed a lot over the years and we should keep up with the times. Social media is an important way to reach out to masses. Close to 700 social media influencers are likely to attend the meet. We are still working out the details of the event.”
The BJP can also be planning to carry nukkad nataks, magic reveals, flash mobs, cultural occasions and different such programmes as a part of its marketing campaign in Delhi.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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