'Saugat-e-Modi': BJP's big Muslim outreach on Eid

The scheme is being launched nationwide under the leadership of the BJP's minority wing

The BJP will distribute kits containing essential items to 32 lakh underprivileged Muslims across the country on Eid. Named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, these kits will be called “Saugat-e-Modi”.

According to reports, the scheme is being launched nationwide under the leadership of the BJP's minority wing, Alaap Sankhayak Morcha. "It is expected that Eid will be celebrated on March 31. On that day, gifts with the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be delivered to 32 lakh poor Muslim families in the country," said Jamal Siddiqui, national president of the BJP's minority wing, to CNN-News18.

The BJP Minority Front has also announced that it will organise an Eid Milan function by distributing Saugat-e-Modi kits at the district level.

He said that 32,000 party workers will come forward to distribute relief kits. He added that PM Modi's message of brotherhood and ‘Sab ka Saat, Saab ka Vikas’ will be spread across the country on Eid through this gesture.

According to reports, the same will be done during religious festivals of Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Parisis. A report by Deccan Chronicle,  this initiative by the BJP serves as a demonstration of the cultural values of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb (the syncretic fusion of Hindu and Muslim traditions).

Though the initiative has already begun on the first day of Ramzan, it will be formally launched by Minority Morcha convenor and BJP general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam on Tuesday near the Nizamuddin Dargah. “Everyone wants to celebrate their festivals, no matter whether you are rich or poor. We are just trying to help families observe Ramzan, who are poor and in need of help… Similarly, we will be helping members of other communities who are needy, to celebrate their festivals. We are following (Prime Minister) Modi ji’s ‘Sabka Saath’ motto,” said  Siddique told Deccan Chronicle.

The morcha leaders will also hold daily meetings with the office-bearers from states on distribution and other requirements.