Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP)'s two-week long campaign 'Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav' to seek the suggestions and inputs of people to prepare the manifesto of upcoming Assembly elections has received a total number of 11,65,636 suggestions over a range of issues including the amended citizenship law and the continuing protests against it.
The party will prepare a 'vision document' after analysing all the suggestions to solve the issues of people. The feedback campaign — 'Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav' — was launched by Union Minister Smriti Irani and other BJP leaders on January 3.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Thursday said that the major sujhav (suggestions) includes dirty water supply, water logging, poor up keep of roads, potholes, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and unemployment under the State Government. "We started the campaign 'Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav' to make a vision document for the upcoming Assembly elections 2020. We hoped that about 10 lakh suggestions will be received but we received more suggestions than the expected suggestions from the public," said Tiwari.
In last 15 days, the party conducted campaign through video van, door to door, missed call and ballot box where people shared their experience and suggestions to improve the streets, roads and the city. About 5,000 public meetings were held across the city. Out of the total suggestions received, 3,56,520 suggestions received via video van, 2,66,000 from missed calls and 1,18,362 through websites. Besides, a 5,83,054 received from ballot boxes.
"From the number of suggestions received, we have understood that how people are unhappy with the Government. Among all the suggestions were water logging, pollution, transport and employment. The promise of the State Government to provide employment and absorption of contract employees were also mentioned in the suggestions in majority from the people," said the BJP chief. "People also expressed about the poor quality and dirty water. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is lauding about education system and development done in schools but the people are crying over vacancies in schools, large numbers of teaching post are lying vacant in schools and even many the positions of Principal in schools also lying vacant," he said.
Replying to a question, Tiwari also said that the party has also received suggestions and anger over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and traffic hurdles and closure of the road due to Shaeen Bagh protest also there. There are lakhs of suggestions, we will analyse and make vision government to look after the problems of people.
The meeting was also attended by other senior BJP leaders and MP such as Meenakshi Lekhi and Vijay Goel.