BJP Gears Up for Civic Body Polls in Jharkhand: Strategy Meeting Held in Ranchi

Ranchi: As the hectic parleys for civic body polls are underway across various municipal bodies in the state, opposition BJP on Friday huddled into a meeting of its office bearers and workers at the party office here to chalk out modalities for the election. While the election is on non-political lines, every party is preparing plans to back candidates linked to them.State BJP president Aditya Sahu said, “There is a need to ensure the victory of such candidates who are committed to the welfare of people and believe in nationalist thinking.”Notably, BJP has been demanding civic body polls on party lines. “However, the incumbent regime, fearing defeat, has decided against it. The govt has hatched a conspiracy to influence the election through use of the administrative setup, which is why they are also not conducting polls through the EVMs,” he claimed.Meanwhile, in another development, the brother of JMM MLA Dasrath Gagrai, Vijay Singh Gagrai from Chakradharpur, joined BJP along with his supporters in the presence of the state party leadership on Friday.