Modi road show, celebration with 10,000 supporters, gratitude for women voters: BJP set to celebrate grand victory

According to party sources within the Delhi BJP, which is organising the event, the proceedings are scheduled to begin around 6 pm, the highlight being a 500-metre-long road show led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sanyukta Keshri (left), a karyakarta, said, "There is no happier moment for the karyakartas than this." A senior party leader said the party was hopeful of mobilising an estimated 10,000 party workers in all – of which around 5,000 to 6,000 would be from the capital. (Express Photo)

Poised to form the government in three of the four states that went to the polls in November, the BJP has grand victory plans for Sunday evening. The focal point of the celebration: “Modi’s guarantee”.

According to party sources within the Delhi BJP, which is organising the event, the proceedings are scheduled to begin around 6 pm, the highlight being a 500-metre-long road show led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This will be followed by an address. A “significant” chunk of the gathering will comprise women.

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“The event will be organised around the theme: ‘Desh Mein Ek hi Guarantee Chalti Hai – Modi ki Guarantee. Thousands of supporters will be women to symbolise, the party’s gratitude to female voters who have played a major role in the party’s victory in the three states,” a senior party leader said.

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Messages to mobilise party workers from across the capital to reach the BJP headquarters at DDU Marg were sent by the party’s state leadership as early as 10 AM, when trends for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan showed the party comfortably ahead of its competition.

A senior party leader said the party was hopeful of mobilising an estimated 10,000 party workers in all – of which around 5,000 to 6,000 would be from the capital and the rest from outside – for victory celebrations which will conclude with the PM addressing the gathering.

Jatin Anand

Jatin Anand is an Assistant Editor with the national political bureau of The Indian Express. Over the last 16 years, he has covered governance, politics, bureaucracy, crime, traffic, intelligence, the Election Commission of India and Urban Development among other beats. He is an English (Literature) graduate from Zakir Husain Delhi College, DU & specialised in Print at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), Chennai. He tweets @jatinpaul ... Read More

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