Focus shifts to Rajasthan as Congress, BJP plan celebration conferences in state

New Delhi: Rajasthan is about to turn out to be the centre of political battle between the BJP and Congress. Whereas the Congress plans to carry a three-day chintan shivir (brainstorming session) in Udaipur from Could 15, the BJP will maintain a two-day nationwide office-bearers’ assembly in Jaipur from Could 20. The Rajasthan BJP unit has been requested to finalise a venue in Jaipur for the assembly.

That is for the primary time lately that the BJP goes to carry such an essential assembly in an opposition-ruled state. Out of the six states the place elections are due within the subsequent two years, the Congress is in authorities in two states, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. This makes the BJP assembly in Rajasthan essential.

The BJP within the state has been consistently attacking the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress authorities over communal tensions in numerous elements of the state and failure of governance. The celebration needs to keep up its victorious run which might affect elections of different close by states equivalent to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Since it’s a celebration office-bearers’ assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with it just about from Delhi. The celebration’s in-charges of states going to the polls have been requested to submit a progress report and detailed plan for additional motion is to be mentioned within the assembly.

In latest weeks, senior BJP leaders have been visiting Rajasthan frequently, and earlier than the assembly, the celebration’s nationwide president, JP Nadda, will go to the state for 2 days from Could 10. Earlier than his go to, BJP common secretary and in-charge of Rajasthan, Arun Singh, will go to the state for one week and put together an in depth report on the celebration’s election preparedness.

“The truth that our nationwide president is visiting the state twice in a month itself signifies that the celebration is critical about election preparations within the state,” Satish Poonia, Rajasthan BJP president, informed ET. “These conferences will certainly encourage celebration staff and leaders to turn out to be battle-ready earlier than election.”

Dwelling minister Amit Shah can also be set to go to the state this month within the tribal belt of Banswara.