BJP Marks 47th Foundation Day with Nationwide Flag Hoisting; Haryana Holds State-Level Event in Gurugram
From 20,000 booths to cabinet ministers’ homes, the party’s rank and file turned out in force — with a village outreach blitz and Ambedkar Jayanti campaign lined up next
The Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated its 47th Foundation Day on Monday with large-scale events across Haryana, as lakhs of party workers hoisted the BJP flag at their homes and at over 20,629 booths across the state, distributing sweets and exchanging greetings to mark the occasion.
The state-level event was held at the party’s Gurugram office, Gurukamla, where Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, State President Pandit Mohan Lal Badoli, State In-charge Dr. Satish Poonia, and Cabinet Minister Rao Narbir Singh jointly unfurled the party flag.
Speaking at the event, Chief Minister Saini described the day as an occasion to recall the party’s spirit of struggle, dedication and service. State President Badoli credited the party’s rise to the sacrifices of its workers, calling the BJP the world’s largest political party today. State In-charge Dr. Poonia reaffirmed the party’s commitment to nation-building, guided by the ideals of nationalism and integral humanism.
Elsewhere across the state, Organisation Secretary Phanindranath Sharma celebrated the day with workers at the BJP state office Panchkamal; Cabinet Minister Anil Vij hoisted the flag at his residence in Ambala; and Minister Krishna Bedi did likewise in Narwana. Senior leaders including State General Secretaries Dr. Archana Gupta and Surendra Poonia, and National Secretary Om Prakash Dhankhar also participated at various locations.
Badoli used the occasion to announce a series of upcoming party activities. Beginning Tuesday, April 7, the BJP will launch its “Gaon Chalo, Basti Chalo” (Go to the Village, Go to the Settlement) outreach campaign, running through April 12. Workers will go door-to-door, engaging citizens on the achievements and policies of the Modi and Nayab Saini governments.
The party will also observe Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti across the state. On April 13, workers will carry out cleanliness drives around Ambedkar statues, followed by an evening lamp-lighting ceremony. On April 14 — Ambedkar’s birth anniversary — BJP leaders and workers will garland his statues and hold seminars to spread his ideas among the public.
Further ahead, from April 15 to May 15, the party plans a 36-hour “Maha Prashikshan Abhiyan” — a mass training campaign at the district level — aimed at deepening workers’ understanding of party organisation and ideology.
Reflecting on the party’s journey, Badoli noted that the BJP traces its roots to the Jana Sangh of 1952, formally constituted as the Bharatiya Janata Party on April 6, 1980. “We began with two seats in Parliament,” he said, “and today, under PM Modi’s leadership, we have been continuously in government at the Centre since 2014. The goals we set — from the abrogation of Article 370 to the reconstruction of the Ram Temple — have been achieved.”
