Kolkata: In a desperate effort to pocket the second position in the KMC poll in front of the Congress and left, BJP Bengal on Tuesday promised “6S model” for city development by focusing on health, sanitation, infrastructure and cultural development.
At the same time, BJP Bengal leaders did not forget the return of the left voters in Khardah and Shantipur Bypolls who had gone with BJP in LS 2019 and 2021 polls assembly.
Aware of the weakness of the organization inherent in most Kolkata wards apart from the three burrazar Wards 28, 29 and 42 and in the pockets of North Kolkata, BJP Bengal tried to touch urban thoughts with the promises of sports center in Maidan, 10 multi-level parking spaces In the city, a better drainage system, more bridges and 10 Asmog towers to fight pollution.
Manifesto for Kolkata Civic polls also propose an integrated smart card for the Metro, connect it to tram and bus services.
Departments separate in the city area for rehabilitation of Hawkers traders under the Svanidhi PM scheme also found mention.
But the real challenge for BJP Bengal will bring a message to household and translate it to the sound.
The scarcity of labor arises when BJP leaders wrote to the State Election Commission to revise the criteria for voting agents.
Bengal BJP wants the SEC to follow the criteria for assembly polls where agents who have an address under the assembly constituency can be diaularly in the constituency room.
But in the Civic poll, an agent in the neighborhood must be a selector of the ward.
The SEC rules require parties to train voters from certain wards to be eligible to act as a voting agent.
According to people in BJP, the party has the presence of the organization in almost 100 wards from a total of 144.
“Our party leads in 37 wards in the assembly poll of 2021, which is almost 25% of 144 wards in the city.
We hope to win at least 20% of it.
Another ward where we will face a difficult fight and the results will be decided on a thin margin, “said a BJP Bengal leader.
The opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari will take over 10 wards in South Kolkata.
BJP leader Amit Malviya, at a meeting of workers held at ICCR, urged the party ranking to prepare without “giving” in front of the poll.