BJP has honoured armed forces by fielding Brig Khushal, says Kashyap

Our Correspondent

Kullu, October 18

State BJP president Suresh Kashyap addressed a programme of the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha at Rambagh in Manali today. He paid tributes to former MP Ram Swaroop Sharma and said that the BJP had honoured armed forces by giving the ticket for the Mandi byelection to Kargil War hero Brig Khushal Thakur (retd). He added that the morcha had done a commendable job since 2014 and the members of the community were giving full support to the party.

Kashyap said that the state and Central governments had launched various schemes for the uplift of the Scheduled Castes (SC). He said that the Union Government had conferred the Bharat Ratna upon Bhimrao Ambedkar. The state government had ensured equitable development in all 68 Assembly constituencies. He appealed to the masses to support the BJP candidate so that he could raise their issues firmly in Parliament.

Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur thanked the members of the morcha for taking part in the event despite adverse weather conditions. He said that there are 21 per cent SC community voters in the Manali Assembly constituency and they had played a major role in the victory of the BJP candidates in the past in the elections.

He said that the Congress candidate had remarked that Army personnel should not enter politics. “Is politics meant only for Rajas and Ranis?” he asked and condemned the derogatory remarks made by Vikramaditya Singh against Anni MLA Kishori Lal Sagar, who belongs to the SC community.

The minister said that various development works had been executed in the past four years. He urged the morcha members to work at the booth level to ensure the victory of the BJP candidate.