Press Release: Formal Announcement

MUMBAI:  Aiming to counter voter apathy in the ensuing general elections, a national endeavour called “Friends of BJP” has been floated by a group of youth, professionals, entrepreneurs and concerned citizens. They have also launched their website at http://friendsofbjp.org.

“Friends of BJP” aims to become a national movement to steer the formation of an effective, efficient and a strong and stable government that will ensure that India realizes its potential as a super power in the real sense of the term.

Today’s youth in particular is much more aware of its rights and responsibilities. The rallying of people from a cross section during the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks has amply proved that people can be responsive and aware.

“Friends of BJP” is a subset of the educated civil society that is BJP-leaning, and willing to be vocal about it. It is not part of the BJP. It also does not agree with everything the BJP says or does. It believes that at this point of time the BJP is the better alternative.

“Friends of BJP” will strive to educate people from all walks of life to exercise their franchise. The national platform will relentlessly impress upon the people to vote.

The movement will employ a multi-tool strategy - from blogs, websites and SMS alerts to the traditional word-of-mouth campaign. The idea is to make everybody socially active. This may sound like a pompous statement, but the fact is that the goal is achievable since “Together we can make a difference”.

This is in fact, the first step towards getting people involved in the process of governance. The multi-faced activity will also have focus groups working on ten core issues like National Security, Economy and Employment, India in 2014, Urban and Rural Development, Education, Healthcare, Energy, Digital Infrastructure and Administrative Reforms.

“Friends of BJP” intends to support BJP in 3 ways:

“Friends of BJP” is confident that the movement will move drawing room discussions to group discussions and ultimately contribute to an improved voter turn out and a much better governance than what prevails now.

Mr. Arun Jaitley will formally launch “Friends of BJP” in Mumbai on Saturday at a function bring organized at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, at 10:30 am.

One can subscribe to daily updates of the national movement via mobile (sms 4BJP to 575758) or email (sub@friendsofbjp.org).

February 25, 2009 | Filed Under Activities 

Comments

6 Responses to “Press Release: Formal Announcement”

  1. Brijesh verma on February 25th, 2009 1:11 pm

    You are right at this point of time the BJP is the better alternative.

  2. Akshar on February 25th, 2009 2:29 pm

    Top stuff guys

  3. Bengal Voice on February 25th, 2009 10:03 pm

    I have emailed all my friends in Mumbai and asked them to attend this meeting. Some have confirmed that they will be attending and are eager to meet Arun Jaitley ji.

  4. b.dibakar on February 26th, 2009 7:26 pm

    MY AND MY FRIENDS,FAMILY VOTE FOR BJP. SO, I AM VERY PROUD

  5. Shanth on February 26th, 2009 10:19 pm

    Hello guys,
    ALl the very best to you. I am from Chennai. I am doing my bit to popularise BJP and Modiji in TN. My family and friends are now BJP supporters.

    Shanth…

  6. AK on February 28th, 2009 3:16 am

    Great Initiative guys.

    I really like the programs,
    OUTREACH:
    IDEAS BANK:
    VOTES and SEATS:

    However, I would like to suggest one more program.We should create a program called

    INROADS: , similar to OUTREACH, just that this is program with specific focus on regions where BJP is weak organizationally, like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu , Rayalseema, Kerala. In these places, FriendsOfBjp can play even bigger role, by creating inroad into local masses. So we need local people at each district level who can assist BJP penetrate these regions and educate people about what it stands for.