Strive to strengthen party in city: Haribabu

Visakhapatnam: The BJP is looking at strengthening the Vizag unit before the civic polls. On Wednesday, Vizag MP K. Haribabu administered oath of office to M. Nagendra, who has been elected as the party’s new city unit chief. Mr Haribabu asked the new city party chief and the cadre to strive to strengthen the party. Mr Haribabu, who is also BJP state president, has called upon the cadre to work hard for the victory of all the party candidates contesting the GVMC polls.

Mr Nagendra has  been associated with the party for the last 15 years. He served the party in different positions. He led many agitations by the party during the Congress regime. Mr Haribabu lauded Mr Nagendra’s services and contribution to the party’s progress in the city.

The party’s membership has risen from 25,000 to 4.5 lakh in the 72 wards and four mandals. There are 800-2,500 active members. “Mr Nagendra had worked hard during his earlier tenure of the party city chief even when the party was in the Opposition. He said the central government, headed by Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi, is keen on developing Andhra Pradesh at large and Visakhapatnam as a Smart City.

He called upon the party cadre to ensure proper implementation of welfare schemes meant for the common people, such as Mudra Loan and Insurance Scheme. He said the government was keen to provide CSR gas connection to every BPL family in the State. Modi’s governement is committed to provide housing for all. The central urban development ministry, headed by M.  Venkaiah Naidu, has sanctioned a total of 1,93,000 houses to AP and of this, 20,000 houses have been allotted to Visakhapatnam city.

He also added that various projects were sanctioned to Visakhapatnam such as Indian Institute of Management, Metro Rail, National Institute of Pharma Education & Research (NIPER), etc. During last general elections, Mr Nagendra coordinated  between the BJP, TD and Jana Sena, which gave an astounding victory to the BJP and TD. Mr Nagendra said he would continue to work hard for the growth of the party in the city in the coming days and campaign for the welfare schemes launched  by the union and state governments.