Dimapur, April 5 (MExN): The BJP Nagaland has greeted all its well-wishers and supporters as it celebrates the 37th anniversary of the party on April 6. The Bharatiya Janata Party was formed on April 6, 1980, informed Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary (Media) & Spokesperson, BJP Nagaland in a press release.
Gonmei stated that after almost four decades the party has grown from strength to strength and has gradually become the largest political party in the world with 112 million primary members and rule in the centre and 17 states, of which 13 are with party Chief Ministers and 4 with alliance partners. In Nagaland, the BJP has been in government for 14 years as a DAN coalition partner.
The origin of BJP lies in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mukerjee, the release further said. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh merged with other parties to form the Janata Party in 1977 in the post-emergency era followed by the short lived Janata Government. After the Janata party dissolved in 1980, the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvened to form the BJP with former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as the first National President, it added.
The BJP Nagaland President, Visasolie Lhoungu, according to the press release, has expressed that the success of BJP lies in the people who had voted for its “pro-people development policy” which is based on “Sabka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas” or “Together with all, Development for all.”
Maintaining that the BJP is continually striving for the betterment of the people and thereby the nation, the release stated this is reflected in more than 30 flagship schemes initiated by Modi’s Government. “The BJP which is a cadre-based party is also striving hard alongside its governments in the centre and states, to take developments to every nook and corners of the nation,” it added.
The BJP Nagaland will celebrate the anniversary at its state office in Dimapur on April 6 at 11:00 am. At the same time, it will celebrate the three decades of the State unit “that has been possible due to the continued support of the well wishers and people of the state.” The State BJP has welcomed all well wishers and party members to be part of the function.
