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AHMEDABAD, JULY 21
BJP Lok Sabha member Chandrakant Raghunath Paatil on Tuesday took charge as Gujarat party unit president and urged BJP workers to facilitate the reach of central schemes to people across the state.
ગુજરાતે હંમેશા દેશને દિશાદર્શન આપ્યું છે. ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટીના કાર્યકર્તાઓએ બુથ સુધી સર્વવ્યાપી, સર્વસ્પર્શી સંગઠન બનાવીને એક મોડલ ઉભું કર્યું છે. pic.twitter.com/WfzYOizVA2
— Vijay Rupani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@vijayrupanibjp) July 21, 2020
Paatil, 65, the Lok Sabha member from Navsari seat in Gujarat, also stressed on the use of technology to strengthen the party.
Incidentally, he shares his name with Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil.
પ્રદેશ કાર્યાલય શ્રી કમલમ્ ખાતે નવનિયુક્ત પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી @CRPaatil જી નો પદગ્રહણ સમારોહ યોજાયો. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/n2Wuw26AE9
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) July 21, 2020
The Lok Sabha member assumed the charge at the BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar in the presence of outgoing state party president Jitu Vaghani, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, and other dignitaries.
આ સમારોહમાં માન. મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @vijayrupanibjp, નાયબ મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @Nitinbhai_Patel,રાષ્ટ્રીય સહ-સંગઠન મહામંત્રી શ્રી @v_shrivsatishજી તથા પૂર્વ પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી @jitu_vaghani વિશેષ ઉપસ્થિત રહ્યા તથા રાજ્યના મંત્રીશ્રીઓ,ધારાસભ્યશ્રીઓ તથા સાંસદશ્રીઓ પણ ઉપસ્થિત રહ્યા.(2/2) pic.twitter.com/HWuyzazXTF
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) July 21, 2020
On the occasion, Rupani exuded confidence that the BJP will form the government for a record seventh time in 2022 when the party will fight the state Assembly polls under Paatil.
Live: પ્રદેશ કાર્યાલય શ્રી કમલમ્ ખાતે નવનિયુક્ત પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી @CRPaatilજી નો પદગ્રહણ સમારંભ https://t.co/yV2TQazQGx
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) July 21, 2020
Addressing the BJP leaders, Paatil stressed on the use of technology and social media to strengthen the party.
“It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who made all of us tech-savvy. He used to remind us if we had opened Facebook accounts or not. He started this 10 years back. Now, we will take it further. We will use technology and go beyond posting something on Twitter or Facebook,” he said.
He also urged BJP workers to facilitate the reach of central schemes to people in the state and create a long-lasting “positive impression” in their minds about the party.
“Out of around 400 schemes that Modiji has launched so far, we can directly help people through 60 such central schemes. We can create a long-lasting positive impression on their minds. We will work in that direction,” said the three-time MP from Navsari seat.
આદરણીય વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી @narendramodi સાહેબ, કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહમંત્રી માનનીય શ્રી @AmitShah સાહેબ, બીજેપીનાં રાષ્ટ્રીય અધ્યક્ષ માનનીય શ્રી @JPNadda સાહેબ, સંગઠન મહામંત્રી માનનીય શ્રી @v_shrivsatish જીનો ખૂબ ખૂબ આભારી છું pic.twitter.com/Mqvq3jotZC
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) July 21, 2020
He said “unlike Congress workers”, the BJP workers are on the ground to help people affected by the coronavirus.
Modi’s “timely decision to impose a lockdown” helped in containing the virus, he claimed.
Referring to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi earlier this year, Paatil said though the protest had the “backing of Congress”, it created a negative impression about the BJP.
“The Congress was behind Shaheen Bagh (anti-CAA protest). Rahul Gandhi also gave statements,” he alleged.
“But, just think for a moment. Such statements created a negative impression about us among the masses,” he said.
“Those who were forced to take another route and travel three to four km more due to the protest at Shaheen Bagh would blame the government, not Congress, for that trouble. People will have a feeling that the government was not doing anything or did not use force to clear the area,” he said.
