Bihar BJP plans mega public meetings featuring top party leadership ahead of General Election

Bihar BJP plans 10 public meetings in Bihar to be addressed by PM Modi and other top leaders ahead of the General Election in 2024.

Amid a game of political one-upmanship among ruling coalition alliance parties in Bihar ahead of the General Election, the State BJP has planned several large public meetings to be addressed by the party’s top central leadership in January and February.

Sources in the Bihar BJP said the party has planned ten mammoth public meetings to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari; and party president J. P. Nadda.

The party has planned three mega public meetings at Kishanganj, Begusarai, and Bihar’s Aurangabad to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“We have sent a request to the central parry leadership to fix programmes of these leaders for addressing public meetings. Structural changes have already been made in the organisation to ensure these meetings are a grand success,” State BJP president Samrat Choudhary said.

Sources in the party told The Hindu that the 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar have been grouped into 10 clusters: Patna, Magadh, Shahabad, Bhagalpur, Munger, Champaran, Saran, Purnia, Tirhut, and Mithila. “In the month of January, at least two-three big public meetings will be held, while six-eight meetings will be held in February,” a senior party leader, preferring anonymity, said.

In-charges have been selected for nine out of the 10 clusters (excepting Purnia). “Siddharth Shambhu, Rajendra Singh, Trivikram Narayan Singh, Saroj Ranjan Patel, Santosh Ranjan Rai, Pinki Kushwaha, Ratnesh Kushwaha, Rana Randhir Singh, and Sanjay Khandelia have been named as in-charge of the Shahabad, Munger, Tirhut, Champaran, Saran, Bhagalpur, Magadh, Mithila, and Patna clusters, respectively, and some of them are already camping in their areas to ensure the success of the meetings,” the source said.

“The State unit of the party wants the PM to address at least three public meetings. Union Home Minister Amit Shah too has to address two-three meetings, and the other leaders, including party chief J.P. Nadda, and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, have to address one-two meetings, in accordance with the demand in each of these 10 clusters,” the source added.