BJP national president Nitin Nabin plays the traditional dhol-tasha as he arrives at the party headquarters in Chimbel on Tuesday.
PANAJI
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) onTuesday stepped up its preparations for the 2027 Goa Assembly elections, withits national president, Nitin Nabin, calling for an aggressive grassrootscampaign and the State leadership expressing confidence of securing a fourthconsecutive term in office.
Addressing a packed State Executive Committeemeeting at the BJP's Chimbel headquarters, Nabin urged party workers to takethe achievements of the Narendra Modi-led government and the Goa government toevery household across the State.
Nabin stressed the need for coordinatedefforts from the State leadership down to the booth level to further strengthenthe party's prospects. He said the Prime Minister's Mann Ki Baat programme hadreached 94 per cent of booths in Goa and called on workers to achieve fullcoverage.
The meeting is seen as the formal start of theparty's election mobilisation exercise, bringing together senior leaders,office-bearers and grassroots workers from across Goa.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant struck aconfident note, saying the BJP was well placed to retain power. He urged partyworkers to dedicate themselves fully over the next 110 days and intensifyoutreach efforts across constituencies.
"Workers have no reason to fear,"Sawant said, asserting that the party's organisational strength and governancerecord would ensure victory at the polls.
The Chief Minister highlighted thegovernment's welfare and development initiatives, particularly the 'Majhe Ghar'scheme, which he described as a major factor which will boost the BJP'selectoral prospects. He said the government's welfare programmes weredelivering development to the last person in society.
Drawing a comparison with previous Congressgovernments, Sawant claimed Goa had received only around ₹2,500 crore incentral assistance during the Congress regime, while the BJP's"double-engine government" had secured nearly ₹25,000 crore for theState. He also spoke of the reforms in government recruitment, saying theexisting system had brought greater transparency to appointments.
Earlier in the day, the executive committeeadopted a resolution congratulating the Sawant-led government for itsperformance.
State BJP president Damodar (Damu) Naik calledon party workers to put organisational interests ahead of individualaspirations and work unitedly for the elections. "Do not look at thecandidate. Work for the Lotus," Naik said.
He said the party had built a membership baseof around 4.5 lakh in Goa and expressed confidence that the BJP would return topower with a clear majority if workers set aside internal differences andfocused on strengthening the organisation.
Naik urged cadres to deepen grassrootsengagement, expand the party's reach and ensure that government achievementsare communicated effectively to voters.
