Patna: The political direction and situation (’dasha’ and ‘disha’) in the state are going to change soon, BJP leaders said on Monday.Speaking at the party’s 47th foundation day function in Patna, they, however, urged the party workers to have patience and avoid making political statements unless told as the BJP is set to establish its leadership and be in the driver’s seat in the next 15-20 days, indicating that BJP will have its own CM for the first time in Bihar despite being a part of the coalition govt with JD(U) of CM Nitish Kumar for over 17 years.CM Nitish Kumar is to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member on April 10 before resigning as the head of the state govt after remaining at the helm for over two decades since Nov 2005. The power shift in the NDA govt may wait till Akshaya Tritiya, that is on April 20.Addressing the BJP workers at the party’s office here on the occasion, state BJP president Sanjay Saraogi, deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and BJP general secretary (organisation) Bhikhubhai Dalsania lauded the history and BJP journey since the Jansangh days and recalled the contributions of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya in making the lotus bloom in the country.Samrat said BJP always fulfils its commitment and wished the party may celebrate its 4700th foundation day in future. He said the BJP’s glorious journey is the result of the penance, sacrifice, and dedication of its founders and workers. “Atal Ji took the party to great heights and the country is rapidly becoming developed and self-reliant under the leadership of Modi Ji. Guided by the resolve of ‘Antyodaya to Rashtrodaya’ (uplift of the last person to the rise of the nation), this organisation is working to deliver development to the very last individual in the country. BJP’s journey is not a journey for power, but of values and ideology,” he said.Saraogi said the party is moving forward by adhering to the guiding principles of those stalwarts who lived by the mantra of ‘Nation First’. He quoted former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s words: “The darkness shall lift, the sun shall rise, and the lotus shall bloom”. He asserted that Bihar is undergoing a transformation and that the aspirations cherished in the hearts of the people of Bihar will soon be realised.Commenting on the appointment of Patna’s Nitin Nabin as the BJP national president, Saraogi remarked that such an elevation is possible only within the BJP.Former Union minister and Patna Sahib MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, Digha MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia, state general secretary Radhamohan Sharma among others also paid tribute to eminent personalities of the party.
