Shimla, Aug 31 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh BJP President Rajeev Bindal on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be completing 25 years of service as Chief Minister and Prime Minister on October 7, and to mark the occasion, people would be encouraged to light a ‘Diya of Seva’ in their homes on September 17, symbolising their commitment to public service.
He said that throughout these years, PM Modi has placed service at the centre of his public life and worked for every section of society.
Bindal said the nationwide campaign would begin on PM Modi’s birthday, September 17 and continue until October 17. The objective would be to inspire citizens to dedicate themselves to service and simultaneously take a pledge to contribute towards the vision of a Developed India by 2047.
He said people would be encouraged on September 17 to light a ‘Diya of Seva’ in their homes, symbolising their commitment to public service and Viksit Bharat 2047. Blood donation camps will also be organised across the state under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. The party will endeavour to mobilise blood donations according to the requirements and capacity of blood banks across the state.
Bindal said painting and speech competitions would be organised for children on themes such as “My India – How it was, how it is, and how we envision it in 2047”.
Programmes focusing on service, transformation over the past 25 years and the vision of a developed India would also be organised.
Under the theme ‘My Contribution to Seva’, BJP workers and citizens would participate in cleanliness drives, blood donation camps, medical service activities, service at orphanages and old-age homes, water conservation, plantation drives and several other social initiatives.
Women would also organise ‘rangoli’ programmes based on PM Modi’s life, his commitment to service and the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Launching a sharp attack on the state Congress government, Bindal said the BJP had announced in July that it would launch public movements over local issues throughout August.
He said the party had organised agitations at 121 locations across the state in August, raising issues including damaged roads, stalled development works, unfulfilled Congress guarantees and other local problems. In addition, 17 district-level demonstrations were held to highlight the problems faced by unemployed youth and to question the government over the employment promises made before the Assembly elections.
Bindal announced that the BJP would further intensify its campaign in September by organising public agitations at 170 locations over local issues.
The party would also hold 17 district-level protests focusing on issues concerning women and the promises made to them by Congress.
“The Congress party came to power on the strength of false guarantees. Youth, women and other sections of society were shown big dreams, but after coming to power the government failed to fulfil its commitments,” he said.
Bindal said Congress had made major promises regarding government employment before coming to power, but even after nearly four years, educated unemployed youth were still waiting for jobs. He claimed that 1.07 lakh posts are vacant in the government and alleged that the promises regarding permanent, pensionable government employment had not been fulfilled.
–IANS
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