JD(U) launches constituency-wise virtual sammelan to reach electors ahead of Bihar assembly poll

PATNA: Unfazed by opposition parties’ demand before the Election Commission to defer the forthcoming Bihar assembly polls in the wake of recent spurt in the positive cases of covid-19, the state’s ruling JD(U) on Saturday launched its constituency-wise virtual sammelan to reach to the electors ahead of the election.
Altogether 16 assembly constituencies of eight districts were covered on the opening day of the constituency-wise sammelan by four different teams of the JD(U) leaders.
As per a detailed schedule released by the JD(U), the party’s constituency-wise sammelan would continue till August 2 and each of the four teams would cover four constituency each day. All 243 constituencies would be covered by February 2.
On Saturday, the launching day, while a five-member team of senior JD(U) leaders led by the party’s national general secretary (organization) RCP Singh addressed virtual sammelan in Valmiki Nagar, Lauria, Bettiah and Narkatiyaganj constituencies of West Champaran district, another team of five leaders led by the party state president Bashishtha Narain Singh covered Buxar, Dumraon, Rajpur (all in Buxar district) and Ramgarh (Kaimur district) constituencies.
Similarly, another six- member team of the party leaders led by state’s energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav covered Bahadurpur, Thakurganj, Kishanganj (all in Kishanganj district) and Amour (Purnia) constituencies.
The fourth team led by the party leader in the Lok Sabha and Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh addressed virtual sammelan in Tarapur and Munger constituencies in Munger district, Lakhisarai (in Lakhisarai district) and Barbigha constituency in Sheikhpura district.
“Each of the 16 virtual sammelans continued for nearly one-and- a-half to two hours. All four teams began their first virtual sammelan around 10 am in the morning and their last sammelan of the day ended around 6.30 pm,” JD(U) media cell president Amardeep told TOI over phone.
Amardeep said the party has taken all necessary steps to follow the norms of social distancing during the lockdown period. “Earlier it was planned to set up four different studios from where the members of each of the four teams were scheduled to address the virtual sammelan. But now, due to the lockdown, the party changed its plan and senior leaders are addressing the virtual sammelan from their own residences. For example, Bashishtha Narain Singh joined the virtual sammelan from Delhi, while another party leader Suheli Mehta from Bokaro,” Amardeep said.
“Even in the constituencies, the party workers have been strictly asked not to gather at one place to hear the leaders’ speeches during the virtual sammelan in the wake of the lockdown,” he said.