Those aspiring to get elected as a legislator or a Member of Parliament have to rely on village sarpanches for their prospects, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president CR Paatil said Thursday while also making suggestions to sarpanches as to how to make their respective villages an adarsh gram (model village).
“If an MLA or MP wants to get elected, he needs the support of sarpanches. He gets elected only when sarpanches of every village help him,” a release from the BJP quoted Paatil as saying while addressing a meeting of village sarpanches in Surendranagar.
The BJP chief was in Surendranagar as part of the ‘One Day One District’ campaign as part of which the party president is to visit each of the 33 districts of Gujarat for a day.
The BJP president also appealed to sarpanches to work for making their respective villages adarsh gram by implementing government schemes.
“Villages will prosper if sarpanches help residents of their respective villages to avail benefits of schemes of Central and state governments. It is the responsibility of the sarpanches to make your respective villages better villages,” the release quoted Paatil as saying. Later in the day, Paatil led a roadshow in Gondal town of Rajkot district.
