BJP begins 'Sampark for Samarthan' campaign with eye on 2019 polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah

In a bid to garner support for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday started its ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ (Contact for support) campaign.

According to the plan union ministers, chief ministers and senior leaders of the saffron party will be meeting around one lakh imminent citizens of the country in the next 15 days to get their support.

The BJP leaders will be meeting imminent citizens to generate awareness about the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's four-year achievements.

BJP national president Amit Shah began the campaign on Tuesday when he met former Army chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag.

As part of the ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ campaign, met former Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag ji at his home in Delhi to discuss and brief him on the several achievements and initiatives undertaken by Modi sarkar since it was voted to office 4 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ihpIcooh3r

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 29, 2018

Shah then went to the residence of constitutional expert Subhash Kashyap and discussed the Central government's welfare programmes with him. Shah is expected to meet at least 50 individuals personally during this campaign.

"संपर्क फॉर समर्थन" अभियान के अंतर्गत भाजपा के 4000 चुने हुए लोग देश के विभिन्न बुद्धिजीवियों, कला व विभिन्न क्षेत्र के 1लाख दिग्गजों से संपर्क करेंगे और करीब 50 लाख चुने हुए कार्यकर्ता आमजन के घर-घर जाकर लोकाभिमुख मोदी सरकार की ऐतिहासिक पहलों व उपलब्धियों को जन-जन तक पहुचाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/2yBdYrUS1W

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 29, 2018

According to a report by The Economic Times, the list is still being prepared and the party was not clear about which leader would meet whom.

No union minister or party office bearer in the party was aware of who they were supposed to meet as part of the campaign, the report suggests.

Around 4,000 party leaders, ranging from union ministers to mayors, will each be meeting 25 eminent people from various fields such as education, medicine, engineering, defence, arts, science artists, sports till June 11, the report adds.