JAMMU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise a Sewa Jyoti Yatra across all 20 administrative districts of Jammu and Kashmir on October 7 as part of its ongoing Sewa Sankalp Abhiyan, party leaders said on Sunday.
The announcement was made during a review meeting held at the BJP headquarters in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, to assess preparations for the district-level programmes.
According to the party, the yatra will be organised under the theme of public service and will involve BJP workers, civil society members, youth and prominent citizens carrying the Sewa Jyoti and the national flag.
J&K BJP president and Rajya Sabha member Sat Sharma said the programme was intended to take the message of service and nation-building to people across the Union Territory. He said the yatra would seek to encourage greater public participation in social and national causes.
Sharma said October 7 marks 25 years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered public office as Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, adding that the yatra was being organised to commemorate what he described as Modi’s public service journey.
The meeting was attended by BJP vice-president Rakesh Mahajan, general secretaries Sanjita Dogra, Baldev Singh Billawaria and Gopal Mahajan, Jammu district yatra coordinator and MLA Sham Lal Sharma, district in-charges, district presidents, MLAs and heads of party morchas.
Party leaders reviewed district-wise arrangements and discussed plans for public participation in the programme.
Rakesh Mahajan said the yatra would take the message of service directly to people and encourage broader public involvement. Sanjita Dogra said participation from different sections of society would give the programme an inclusive character.
Baldev Singh Billawaria said the Sewa Jyoti and the national flag would symbolise service, patriotism and unity, while Gopal Mahajan said the initiative would help party workers engage with citizens across districts.
Sham Lal Sharma called for active participation in the programme and said the yatra would seek to transform the message of service into a wider public campaign.
