BJP to woo people of 1649 villages on the banks of the Ganges – target UP and West Bengal assembly elections

BJP has worked out a sort of master plan to woo people who live along the banks of the River Ganges and depend on the river for their livelihood. There are a total of 1,649 villages on the banks of the Ganga — from Gomukh to Ganga Sagar. People who live on its banks comprise the mallah (boatmen), flower-sellers, Purohit (Brahmin) and others and the BJP wants to influence them – with the upcoming assembly elections in UP and West Bengal, such an action is expected to pay rich dividends.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 October 2015.

The BJP wants to make inroads into these villages – if it succeeds, the party could tap around 43% population of 11 states dependent on the holy river, directly or indirectly. Hence, the party has created a separate unit — Namami Gange Committee. Its objective would be to reach out to villages and make people aware about the river.
The broad plan is to conduct daily aarti at the pucca ghats and a regular weekly one at villages on the banks of Ganga – that would ensure participation of all communities from the villages in the project. Moreover, a Ganga yatra is also planned from December 25 to January 11 – it will start from Gaumukh and culminate at Ganga Sagar.
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