On edge after bypoll losses, Uttarakhand BJP stresses party worker is king. ‘Don’t impose, don't ignore’

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New Delhi:Thopne ka kaam mat karna(do not impose) and dont ignore party workers who toiled tirelessly, former chief minister and senior BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat said at a meeting of the BJPs state working committee in Uttarakhand Monday.. The worker is supreme is a mantra the BJP has begun chanting after its Lok Sabha poll performance which saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi come back for a third time, but with a reduced parliamentary majority...

Though the BJP won all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand despite its relatively poor national performance, the state unit has been riled by itsrecent bypoll losses...

At the Monday meeting, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhamireviewed preparations for future elections, andurged party workers to participate strongly in the upcoming local body polls and the bypoll in Kedarnath..

According to sources, BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt has also raised concerns over the performance of the party in the bypolls and said veteran workers were demotivated by the influx of leaders and cadre from other political outfits...

As Kedarnath is headed for assembly bypolls after the death of sitting MLA Shaila Rani, many within the BJP were concerned about its timing and feared that it may prove costly to the party which is yet to recover from the assembly bypoll loss of Badrinath...

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