BJP plans 20-day outreach to mark Modi’s 71st birthday
The Hindu
It includes giving a massive push to COVID-19 vaccination
The BJP will launch 20-day outreach from September 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 71st birthday, to continue till October 7, including a massive push to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination drives across the country in what the party is terming a part of its “Sewa and Samarpan” (service and commitment) campaign.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya called for a major push to the vaccination drive on September 17.
“Tomorrow is the birthday of our beloved Prime Minister, lets do #VaccineSeva by helping all unvaccinated people, including their loved ones, family members and all sections of the society by getting them vaccinated. This will be a birthday gift for the Prime Minister,” he said in a tweet in Hindi on Thursday. Bihar’s NDA government has already announced a target of 30 lakh vaccinations through the period.
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