Bhopal : The Election Management Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a meeting on Thursday at the state party office in Bhopal to discuss ways to increase voter turnout in the next two phases of Lok Sabha elections in the state.
State BJP Chief VD Sharma, cabinet minister Uday Pratap Singh, state in-charge for Lok Sabha elections Mahendra Singh, and other party leaders were present in the meeting.
After the meeting, state BJP Chief Sharma said, "A discussion was held for the management of parliamentary constituencies in the third and fourth phases of Lok Sabha elections in the state. Monitoring of the work was done, and feedback was collected in the meeting. It was also discussed to increase the voting percentage in the upcoming phases of LS polls, and discussions were done to ascertain the reasons for low voting."
Meanwhile, the BJP leader also held Congress responsible for the lower voting percentage in the first two phases of the polling in the state. "Congress' core voters are angry, they did not step out to vote, and this is the big reason for the decline in voter turnout in the state. The BJP will do even better management for the third and fourth phases of the LS polls to increase voter turnout in the state," he added.
Besides, the BJP leader further said that representatives of political parties from six countries Uganda, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Israel, Mauritius and Vietnam also attended the meeting and knew about the workings of the BJP.
"Abroad people are understanding the working style of the world's largest political party, the BJP, in Indian democracy. Representatives are arriving from abroad to learn about the cadre-based party and booth management," he added.
The BJP leader also came down heavily on Rahul Gandhi for "misleading" the people of the country by telling "lies while waving the copy of the Constitution in his hand."
"Rahul Gandhi has tried to mislead the people of the country by telling lies while waving the copy of the Constitution in his hand. We have complained about it and also written to the election commission. Our delegation will meet with the Election Commission that an FIR should be registered against Rahul Gandhi," he added.
Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh are being conducted in four phases. The first phase of polling was held on April 19, and the second phase was concluded on April 26. The next two phases will be conducted on May 7 and May 13. The counting of votes will be held on June 4 like rest of the country. With 29 Lok Sabha constituencies, Madhya Pradesh ranks sixth among all states in terms of its representation in the Lower House. Of these, 10 seats are reserved for SC and ST candidates, while the remaining 19 are unreserved.