The Asian Age

BJP V-P’s door-to-door campaign had role in win

- SHASHI BHUSHAN

BJP national vice-president Vinay Sahasrabud­dhe, who was appointed by party president Amit Shah, has played a crucial role in the historic victory of the party in the civic polls by going door-todoor to reach out to individual voters in the national capital.

The new team of Delhi BJP office bearers was announced in mid-January, almost one and half months after appointmen­t of Mr Manoj Tiwari as state unit chief. Questions were raised about the experience team of office bearers, as none ofthem have experience to lead the organisati­on in any elections. The exceptions were two general secretarie­s, Ravinder Gupta and Rajesh Bhaita, who were municipal councillor­s then, and had won any elections.

As election approached, their inexperien­ce was exposed in several decisions. Knowing the importance of election, BJP president assigned supervisor­y role to Mr Sahasrabud­dhe and Union minister Jitendra Singh, Nirmala Sitaraman and Sanjeev Balyan. Sources said that since Day one after his appointmen­t, Mr Sahasrabud­dhe took over the responsibi­lity and worked hard with the state unit. “He gave directiona­l less management a direction with the objective of BJP victory in three municipal corporatio­ns,” he added.

According to party insiders, Mr Sahasrabud­dhe

Sources said that since the day of his appointmen­t, BJP national VP Vinay Sahasrabud­dhe took over the responsibi­lity and worked hard with the state unit. He reached out to all factions and the old guard, who were sidelined by the state leadership

reached out to all factions and the old guard, who were sidelined by the state leadership. “He met several leaders in the party’s state office or went to residence of BJP veterans. He joined all the missing dots in Delhi BJP and also worked as bridge between Mr Shah and state leadership,” he said.

Mr Sahasrabud­dhe even personally called the old guard of party for a meeting and personally appealed them to join the poll management.

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Vinay Sahasrabud­dhe

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