The Bharatiya Janata Party, which roped in nearly 5,000 young volunteers from fields such as information technology, law and medicine for the Lok Sabha election campaign, has decided to continue with their services on a permanent basis. Impressed by the effectiveness of the campaign taken up by these youth, the party wants to utilise their services for its future programmes too.
According to sources, the party is keen on using this young brigade as resource persons for issues related to governance, civic, and enrolment of voters. “We are evolving a plan of action for using their services for enrolment of voters in Bangalore in the months to come with an eye on the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) polls,” a source said.
The party used the services of these young professionals for door-to-door campaign in the Lok Sabha polls. Third party canvassing by young professionals turned out to be an advantage for the BJP, whose image had got sullied due to the alleged involvement of its top leaders in scams, sources said, and added that they got a good feedback for such a campaign. This was the main reason why the party wanted to continue with their services, sources said.
Volunteers thanked
On Saturday, a programme was held at the party’s State office here to thank the volunteers for their service. Party State general secretary Raghunathrao Malkapure said these professionals had effectively taken the party’s campaign to villages. Their enthusiasm and commitment had inspired the party leaders, he said.
State spokesperson of the party S. Suresh Kumar, the former nominated Anglo Indian MLA Derrick M.B. Fullinfaw, IT Cell convener Srivatsa and Communication Cell convener Channamallikarjuna were also present.
