A three-member delegation of foreign diplomats
witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Indore ahead of the
November 17 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, with one of them describing
polls in India are like a festival that people celebrate.
The delegation had first-hand experience of the ruling
party’s election campaign, a BJP functionary said on Wednesday.
Michael Rees, second secretary in the Australian High
Commission, Bazil M Lyakinana, minister (consular affairs) in the Tanzanian
High Commission, and Mayumi Tsubakimoto, second secretary at the Japanese
embassy were part of the delegation that witnessed the BJP’s campaign for the
assembly elections, the official said.
“We saw the prime minister’s roadshow in Indore on
Tuesday evening,” Japanese diplomat Mayumi Tsubakimoto told PTI.
“We also met local leaders to know how the BJP is
reaching out to the people as part of its election campaign,” she said.
According to Mayumi, she saw that elections in India
are like a festival that people celebrate.
A similar delegation comprising representatives of
diplomatic missions from Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore
had visited Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat to understand the party’s campaign
during assembly elections in the two states in November and December 2022
respectively, the BJP functionary said.
The programme is part of the “Know BJP” initiative
launched by the party president JP Nadda on its 43rd foundation day in 2021.
PTI
