MAKING a strong pitch for a BJP Government in West Bengal to usher in ‘Asol Poriborton’ (real change), party chief J P Nadda on Thursday sought to punch a hole in the TMC’s main poll plank of Bengali pride and asked the people of the State whether they want to side with development or “cut money culture”. Nadda, while launching the ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ (target to build golden Bengal) manifesto crowdsourcing campaign to seek suggestions from more than two crore people in the State ahead of the Assembly elections, alleged that Bengali icons and women have been neglected and the “pride of Bengal has to be restored”.

 

He said that the party’s manifesto will stress the socio-economic empowerment of the Matua community, women and youth, and put an end to the “cut money” and “syndicate” culture in the State. “The Lokkho Sonar Bangla campaign will begin on March 3 and continue till March 30. We aim to reach out to more than two crore people spread across all the 294 constituencies.

 

“There will be 30,000 suggestion boxes, and people can also give suggestions digitally. We don’t think we have all the wisdom, so we want to seek suggestions from the common people in our endeavour to build Sonar Bangla,” Nadda said during the launch of the programme. Claiming that the campaign is aimed at bringing the State on the path of development, the BJP chief said the party seeks suggestions on how to boost industry, agriculture, health and religious tourism among other sectors. The BJP chief promised that the party will implement the Seventh Pay Commission in the state if voted to power.