BJP, Cong leaders visit Chhat ghats to woo Poorvanchalis
20 Nov 2012 1:54 AM GMT
BJP and Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her ministerial colleagues joined Chhath puja celebrations on Monday and visited various ghats in an effort to woo around 40 lakh Poorvanchalis who can play a crucial role in next year’s assembly elections.
Dikshit and almost all Delhi government ministers as well as senior BJP leaders V K Malhotra and Vijender Gupta visited various Chhath Puja ghats expressing solidarity with the people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) for whom the Chhath is a major festival.
This time, both Congress and BJP leaders have been making rounds of Chhath ghats to oversee preparation for the celebration apparently to win hearts of the community which constitutes approximately one-third of the total electorate in the city.
BJP leaders claimed that Poorvanchalis, who were known as traditional Congress vote-bank, had favoured them in the municipal polls helping the party to trounce Congress.
Also mindful of the switch-over, the Congress government has left no stone unturned to ensure adequate facilities in all Chhath ghats with Dikshit personally monitoring the arrangements.
‘Chhath Parv, which offers an occasion to worship sun, has been nurturing social and cultural values of Poorvanchalis settled in the capital city. This festival also helps in cementing social bonds apart from disseminating message of brotherhood, co-existence and mutual cooperation,’ said Dikshit.
Dikshit and almost all Delhi government ministers as well as senior BJP leaders V K Malhotra and Vijender Gupta visited various Chhath Puja ghats expressing solidarity with the people from Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) for whom the Chhath is a major festival.
This time, both Congress and BJP leaders have been making rounds of Chhath ghats to oversee preparation for the celebration apparently to win hearts of the community which constitutes approximately one-third of the total electorate in the city.
BJP leaders claimed that Poorvanchalis, who were known as traditional Congress vote-bank, had favoured them in the municipal polls helping the party to trounce Congress.
Also mindful of the switch-over, the Congress government has left no stone unturned to ensure adequate facilities in all Chhath ghats with Dikshit personally monitoring the arrangements.
‘Chhath Parv, which offers an occasion to worship sun, has been nurturing social and cultural values of Poorvanchalis settled in the capital city. This festival also helps in cementing social bonds apart from disseminating message of brotherhood, co-existence and mutual cooperation,’ said Dikshit.
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