Buoyed by its performance in the recently concluded assembly and parliamentary by-elections in various states, the Congress in Himachal Pradesh is leaving no stone unturned ahead of the 2022 assembly elections. The party gets the ball rolling by increasing the speed. Its election campaign.
To ensure that it continues its winning streak, the Congress led by state president Kuldeep Singh Rathore has launched a state-wide padyatra and Jan Jagran program to strengthen its support base in all 68 assembly constituencies.
In an effort to strengthen the party, especially in constituencies where it is relatively weak, the party president embarked on a padyatra to understand the party’s weak points in the constituencies and formulate a political strategy to strengthen its electoral prospects. is of. Under the Jan Jagran program, the present and former MLAs of the party across the state have started reaching out to the public to make them aware of the ideology and policies of the Congress, as well as to expose the misdeeds of the BJP government in the state. and in the centre.
He said, ‘Congress has won the semi-finals by defeating BJP in the by-elections. Now we will win the assembly elections in December next year. Congress members are excited to continue the campaign momentum after the recent victory. We are making the public aware about the wrong policies of the BJP, which have given rise to inflation, unemployment and corruption and have created difficulties for the people of the state. It won the recent by-elections by uniting the party, which had been plagued by factionalism after taking over the reins in 2019.
“The people of the state have rejected the BJP and accepted the Congress in the bypolls. The entire cadre of the party is motivated now and wants to ensure that the BJP is uprooted from power in 2022. I have already started the padyatra to visit all the constituencies where we are not winning for the last few years. The aim is to understand the reasons for our weakness and then formulate a strategy to strengthen the party. There are around 22 assembly constituencies where we are a bit weak and I will be visiting all these constituencies in a phased manner in the next few months. In the first phase, I will undertake padyatra in 13 constituencies, four of which I have already covered in the last few days,” said Mr. Rathore Hindu on Friday.
membership drive
“We have started membership drive for the party across the state from today. The focus will be on increasing the membership of the party and a mechanism will be developed to ensure that the membership is genuine,” he said.
The ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh suffered a major electoral setback when its party’s candidates lost all three assembly seats and one parliamentary constituency to the Congress by-polls.
Apart from Mandi Lok Sabha seat, Congress won in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai.
The main reason for the BJP’s poor performance in the political arena is anti-incumbency, inflation and unemployment, which was strongly raised by the Congress during the election campaign.
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