In VC with Modi, Bihar BJP presents its Covid relief work
PATNA: With an eye on close to 22 lakh migrants who returned to Bihar during lockdown, the state unit of BJP went out of way to help them with an open arm.
The state party president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal said on Saturday that the party provided transportation facilities to 2.11 lakh migrants, 5.50 lakh food packets among them and took special care of migrants by organizing and involving them in cultural and social activities at quarantine centres. “The party organised 16,583 such activities so that migrants living in quarantine centres remained mentally alert,” said Jaiswal, while presenting a report to PM Narendra Modi about the relief work done by party’s Bihar unit under the programme ‘Sewa Hi Sangathan’.
Jaiswal said that during the entire lockdown period, different units of the state distributed 26.18 lakh ration packets, 28.82 lakh food packets and 1.14 lakh masks made by women workers of the BJP.
“The youth wing of the party organised blood donation camps and food was distributed in 23,568 poor bastis,” he added.
› Workers of Bihar BJP and the people deserve congratulations. Many said there is poverty in Bihar, coronavirus will spread more here. But you proved wrong NARENDRA MODI, Prime minister
PM Modi lauded the work done by Bihar BJP and said, “Workers of Bihar BJP and the people deserve congratulations. Many people were saying that Covid-19 will spread faster in eastern parts of the country due to high temperatures. People used to say there is poverty in Bihar, coronavirus will spread more here. But you all have proved it wrong.”
He also lauded the efforts of state government in providing relief.
BJP national president J P Nadda also lauded the work by the Bihar unit in managing the quarantine centres. He said that the party provided food to 22 crore people during the lockdown, and distributed 80 lakh sanitisers and 2.5 crore face covers.