BJP satisfied its mass contact programme in HP

Shimla, Aug 2 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh unit of the BJP today said that buoyed by the success of its mass contact programme in the state following the release of an audio CD by former Congress leader Vijai Singh Mankotia, the party had decided to extend it.

The campaign, which was to culminate on Tuesday, has been extended for now following its success during which it informed the masses about the audio CD, which contained voices of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his MP wife, party state president Jai Ram Thakur said in a release here.

Besides, he said, the party also informed the masses about widespread corruption and nepotism in the state government departments, discrimination in development and the untapped activities of the land and forest mafia in the state.

Mr Thakur said senior party leaders, including former chief minister P K Dhumal and former union minister Shanta Kumar, led the campaign in their respective areas.

The party has also decided to approach the masses, provided the state governor took no action against the state government on its two charge sheets submitted to him, he said.

He said the latest issue to hit the Congress was the Bali episode, which would act as the last nail in the coffin.

Appealing to the masses to root out the present Congress Government, he said the state government had lost the moral right to govern the state after the Bali incident.

UNI