Patna: As Bihar gears up for its assembly elections just a month away, the political temperature is soaring. While the INDIA alliance has been hitting the campaign trail with high-profile yatras led by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is now revving up its own machinery with a joint organisational drive set to kick off today.
In a strategic move to consolidate its forces, the NDA – comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) or LJP(R), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha – will launch this unified campaign involving leaders from all five partners. The initiative aims to rally grassroots workers and counter the Opposition’s narrative head-on. To spearhead the effort, the alliance has formed 14 committees, with BJP and JD(U) each taking charge of seven.
BJP’s lineup features prominent figures like Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Vijay Sinha, state president Dilip Jaiswal, Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of State Nityanand Rai, state minister Mangal Pandey, and MP Sanjay Jaiswal. On the JD(U) side, the responsibilities rest with national executive president Sanjay Jha, Union Minister Ramnath Thakur, state president Umesh Kushwaha, ministers Vijay Chaudhary, Shravan Kumar, Ashok Chaudhary, and Ratnesh Sada.
Sources indicate that each committee will include seven members, blending MPs, state ministers, and party strategists. The core objective? To foster synergy among the alliance’s diverse cadre, ensuring a cohesive front against the INDIA bloc in the polls.
The campaign will unfold across 83 locations in two phases: the first from August 23 to 25, and the second from August 28 to 30. These will feature worker meetings designed to dispel “misconceptions” spread by the Opposition on issues like the caste survey (SIR), while assuring voters of the “Modi-Nitish guarantee.”
Alliance leaders emphasise that the Opposition’s claims are baseless, vowing that no one’s rights or reservations will be compromised.
Beyond debunking myths, the drive will spotlight the transformative schemes rolled out by the Nitish Kumar-led state government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s central initiatives.
From infrastructure revamps to welfare programmes, NDA representatives plan to highlight post-2005 changes in Bihar under Nitish’s stewardship, alongside national schemes that have uplifted the masses.
This push comes amid intensifying election buzz, with both sides vying to connect with the state’s diverse electorate, particularly the marginalised sections. As the NDA mobilises, all eyes are on how this coordinated effort will reshape the battleground in one of India’s most politically charged states.
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