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Bengal BJP Announces Month-Long Campaign Marking Modi’s 25 Years
The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal is planning events for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The events will last for one month.
They are meant to mark what the party calls Modi’s 25 years in administration.
Before becoming prime minister, Modi served as Gujarat’s chief minister.
The programme will include science meetings.
The party also plans to share stories from 25 lakh families it says benefited from welfare schemes.
On September 17, lamps called “ashirwad pradips” will be lit for Modi’s health and long life.
The state BJP leader said Modi was the party’s main face in elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit announced a month-long campaign marking Narendra Modi’s 25 years in administration.
The campaign will include science meetings and social media posts about 25 lakh families said to have benefited from Modi’s welfare schemes.
State BJP president Shamik Bhattacharya said Modi will complete 25 years in administration on October 7.
The party said “ashirwad pradips” will be lit nationwide on September 17 to wish Modi a long and healthy life.
Bhattacharya said the BJP contested elections with Modi as its face, rejecting claims that the party lacked an electoral leader.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit, led by state president Shamik Bhattacharya, is organising the campaign for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- A month-long campaign will mark Modi’s claimed 25 years in administration, featuring science meetings, social media promotion and lamp-lighting events.
- Where
- The programmes will be organised by the BJP’s West Bengal unit, with lamp-lighting planned across the country.
- When
- The campaign is tied to October 7, when the BJP says Modi will complete 25 years in administration; lamp-lighting is planned for September 17.
- Why
- The BJP says it is celebrating Modi’s administrative tenure, highlighting welfare beneficiaries and wishing him a long and healthy life.
Key facts
- Organiser
- Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit
- Campaign duration
- One month
- Milestone
- 25 years in administration, according to the BJP
- Milestone date
- October 7
- Planned activities
- Science meetings, social media promotion and lamp-lighting
- Families highlighted
- 25 lakh families said by the party to have benefited from welfare schemes
- State BJP president
- Shamik Bhattacharya
Quotes
Shamik Bhattacharya
President of the BJP’s West Bengal unit
“On September 17, ‘ashirwad pradips’ will be lit all over the country for his long and healthy life. The people of Bengal will also bless the PM. We have fought the elections keeping the PM as our face. People said we did not have a face for elections, but we said we didn’t have a mask either.”
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“On October 7, Prime Minister Modi will complete 25 years in administration. This is history created by Modi. Many have become prime minister and chief minister, but no one other than PM Modi has stayed in administration for 25 years.”
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