BJP election strategist Om Prakash Mathur under whose guidance the BJP won Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is camping in Jharkhand overseeing election preparations. Mathur, who is seen as confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to carry out microscopic planning so that BJP sails the year end election.

Mathur, reached State Capital today, had series of meeting with BJP leaders overseeing election preparations. A senior BJP leader requesting anonymity said, “Mathur will camp in State for next few days as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit State participating at an election rally in State.

 PM Modi is scheduled to hold election rally on November 25 at Daltonganj and Gumla.” Both Gumla and Daltonganj will go on poll in first phase scheduled on November 30.

The leader also said that the state BJP has prepared the itinerary under which Modiji is likely to hold to election rallies in every phase. Modi is likely to address five to six election rallies.  Apart from Modi’s rally, Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah, BJP executive president JP Nadda, Union surface transport and highway minister Nitin Gadkari will be visiting the State this week.

While Shah will address election meeting at Manika and Lohardaga on Thursday, Nadda will address election meeting at Latehar on Friday. Similarly, Gadkari will address election meeting at Bishrampur in support of health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi.

Sources said that Mathur in the election sought feedback from leaders about preparation on PM and other senior leader visit. Mathur also sought feedback on mission 65 plus which the BJP has set target in Jharkhand.

The BJP leader said, “Mathur is good omen for BJP as he has been recording victories for BJP in states where he has been assigned the task. He was election in-charge of Maharashtra in 2014 and Uttar Pradesh in 2017.

We are hopeful that Mathur’s strategy and election management will once again work in Jharkhand too.”

Meanwhile, Mathur speaking to media persons at Birsa Munda International Airport on the issue of rebel BJP leader Saryu Roy contesting election from Jamshedpur East said that in democracy everyone has the right to contest the election.

Mathur the BJP Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan was groomed by late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in BJP. He was a Pracharak with the RSS and later General Secretary- in charge of the Gujarat BJP.