BJP to appoint 6K to 12K panna pramukhs for every assembly seat

Prayagraj: Gearing up for the 2022 assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership has set the ball rolling and started appointing panna pramukhs (booth-level party workers) in every constituency of the Prayagraj district. At least 6,000 to 10,000 panna pramukhs will be appointed at every assembly constituency of the district. The Prayagraj district has a total of 12 assembly seats.
Mritunjay Tiwari, BJP state working committee member, told TOI that “a panna pramukh is assigned to consolidate party’s support among voters and keeping in mind the fast-approaching state assembly election, a mega drive was underway to appoint panna pramukhs at every booth and assembly seat in the district.”
He further said that one panna pramukh will be appointed for every 60 voters.The campaign to appoint panna pramukh started on September 11 and would be completed by September 20 not only in the district but across the state.
There would be a panna pramukh sammelan at every assembly seat across the state on September 24, said Tiwari. As the state government will be completing four and a half years on September 19, a series of events will be organised and party workers would be reaching out to the masses to better communicate the achievements of the Yogi led state government.
Senior BJP leader and state co-convener ( media) Ashish Gupta told TOI that the party has started appointing panna pramukhs given the fast approaching assembly elections, and for that purpose, a panna pramukh is a key functionary at the booth level.
He further added that a panna pramukh plays a major role in polls and every panna pramukh was assigned to motivate at least 60 voters to cast their votes in polls.
Gupta, meanwhile, said that the appointment of panna pramukhs and their subsequent conferences and activities will offer enough time for panna pramukhs to reach out to voters before the state assembly elections next year.
“The appointment of panna pramukhs was being done under the party’s planning and management wing. Most of the panna pramukhs will be appointed by September 20,” a senior party functionary said.
He further emphasised that a panna pramukh is an important representative of the party at the booth level.
When the Election Commission (EC) releases a voter list for every booth which has names and addresses of all voters, a panna pramukh acts as the in-charge of one page (both front and back) of a voter list. His role is to reach out to the voters mentioned on that page, build communication with them, help them get the benefits of the government’s welfare schemes if they fulfil the criteria, and look into the problems faced by them.
The maximum that a booth can have is a committee of 21 members. Every booth has a president, a general secretary, two vice-presidents and two secretaries, besides other office-bearers and members.
A booth committee is formed based on social and caste scenarios and booth members are made panna pramukhs.