At least six chief ministers and two former CMs have been roped in to bolster the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign in the national capital where elections to pick seven lawmakers will be held on May 25 in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath (centre) at a public meeting in support of BJP East Delhi candidate Harsh Malhotra in Mayur Vihar, New Delhi on Monday. (ANI Photo) Apart from intensifying the outreach through social media and door-to-door campaigns, a senior party functionary said the party is bringing in CMs and ministers from other states in line with its plans to step up its campaign.
To ensure the party’s candidates win with a big margin and the voter turnout is not low, the BJP is pulling out all the stops ahead of the next two phases to galvanise the cadre and motivate electors. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India's general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “In 2019, the party had won all seven seats with a margin of at least 25% and the overall voter turnout was over 50% in all the seats.
This time, the effort is to ensure that the turnout does not dip, and the winning margins are better than the previous election,” said the functionary. Among the chief ministers who have been roped in for campaign in the capital are Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Mohan Yadav (Madhya Pradesh), Pushkar Dhami (Uttarakhand), Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan) and Pra.