The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to organise events to celebrate one-year anniversary of the Modi government’s key decisions like abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir and abolition of Triple Talaq. The party has written to all its state presidents to schedule events from 28 July to 3 August.
The BJP state units have been directed to connect with people in their regional languages and hold a rally. A virtual rally has also been planned by the party at the national level. According to a letter written by Arun Singh, BJP National General Secretary, programmes that are going to be held on 5 August in Jammu, Srinagar, and Ladakh, will be attended by a national office bearer of the party. The party has also asked its workers to hold events in both union territories and inform people about the achievements of the Centre and the two governments over the last one year.
Five video conferences in big states and two video conferences in other states will be held by the BJP in order to discuss development works with fifty social workers, intellectuals and other learned people in each district. A press conference is also planned in this regard in all state capitals. The BJP will also be running the ‘#EkBharatEkatmaBharat’ campaign from 28 July- 3 August.
Last year on 1 August, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind also signed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill 2019, which became an Act after his approval. It criminalizes instant ‹›triple talaq›› among Muslims and a punishment of three years of impropriety for the husband. Thus, the party has also asked its women and minority wings to interact with Muslim women on the abolition of the heinous act. The state units of the party have been directed to interact with at least 100 Muslim intellectual women. Arun Singh mentioned that justice was served to Muslim women after the formation of this Act and now there has been a drop of 80 per cent in triple talaq cases.