Khattar sets off on threeday connecttopeople campaign
EYE ON POLLS Drive is seen as CM’s attempt to establish contact with party workers too
CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar set off on Thursday for his three-day ‘connect-to-people’ campaign to get feedback on the functioning of his government by visiting people at their doorsteps in both rural and urban areas of ten districts.
Khattar began his campaign from Panchkula district, where he visited party workers at their residences in Barwala and Nagal villages from where he went to Ambala district and later to Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Jind districts.
On Friday, he is scheduled to reach Sirsa and Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district on Saturday, media advisor to chief minister Rajiv Jain said. He will also visit people in Fatehabad, Hisar and Rohtak districts.
He added ‘chai pe charcha’ (conversation with workers over a cup of tea) meeting will be held to take feedback and suggestions of the people about the functioning of the government.
The campaign is seen as chief minister’s attempt to establish a direct connect with party workers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state to get a sense of their impression of government functioning. The ruling BJP also wants to counter the allegations that the party workers were being ignored by the government.
Khattar has already been holding road shows and public rallies in the villages having population of 10,000 or more. Of the total 10 Lok Sabha (LS) and 90 assembly seats, the ruling BJP had won seven LS and 47 assembly seats in the 2014 elections.