JD(U)’s constituency-wise virtual meets get underway

PATNA: The JD(U) on Saturday launched its constituency-wise virtual ‘sammelan’ to reach out to the voters ahead of assembly elections in the state.
Altogether 16 assembly constituencies in eight districts were covered on the opening day of the sammelan by four different teams of the JD(U).
As per a detailed schedule released by the JD(U), the party’s constituency-wise sammelan will continue till August 2 and each of the four teams will cover four constituencies per day.All 243 constituencies are targeted to be covered by February 2.
On Saturday, while a five-member team of senior JD(U) functionaries led by the party’s national general secretary (organisation) R C P Singh addressed virtual sammelan in Valmiki Nagar, Lauria, Bettiah and Narkatiyaganj constituencies of West Champaran district, another five-member team led by the party’s 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 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 Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh addressed virtual sammelan in Tarapur and Munger constituencies in Munger district, Lakhisarai and Barbigha constituency in Sheikhpura district.
“Each of the 16 virtual sammelans continued for nearly one-and-a-half-hour to two hours. All four teams began their first virtual sammelan around 10am,” JD(U) media cell president Amardeep told TOI over phone.
Amardeep said the party has taken all necessary steps to follow social distancing norms.