
Th Basanta Singh
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Th Basanta Singh
@thbasantasingh
MLA- Nambol AC, Former Minister of Education, Law & Legislative Affairs, Govt. of Manipur, MA, LLB, IPS (Retd.), School -DPS, College-St. Stephen's College DU



On the BJP's Foundation Day today, we trace the journey of a man who never stopped being what he started as. A karyakarta. "We were not fortunate enough to die for independence. But we are fortunate enough to live for a free India. Today is not the time to die for the nation - today is the time to live for it." "हमें आज़ादी के लिए मरने का सौभाग्य नहीं मिला। लेकिन आज़ाद हिंदुस्तान में जीने का सौभाग्य मिला है। आज देश के लिए मरने का समय नहीं है। आज देश के लिए जीने का समय है।“ - @narendramodi, Vadodara, 16 May 2014. His first words after winning India's Prime Ministership. A karyakarta of the BJP, he had started the journey riding pillion on a colleague's scooter. 1987 | The Scooter There was no announcement. No ceremony. Narendra Modi began his BJP journey in Gujarat as Organisation Secretary - a back-room man, a builder, invisible by design. His entry into active politics, by his own account, happened because a senior colleague, Nathalal Jaghda, was unwell and needed someone young to accompany him to party meetings. "I started sitting on his scooter, and that is how I got pulled into this work." - Narendra Modi, TV Asia interview, 1999 His first assignment? The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections. BJP had 21 seats going in. They came out with 64 - an absolute majority! The first time in the city's history. Narendra Modi was the architect behind this victory. That same year, in a closed-door address to BJP workers, he said something that would define everything that followed: "The path in life for a BJP karyakarta is not 'what to be' - but 'what to do'." "ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટીના કાર્યકર્તાના જીવનમાં 'કઈ બનવું' નહીં, 'કઈ કરવું' માર્ગ છે." - Narendra Modi, Sangh Shiksha Varg address, 18 May 1988 #47YearsOfNationFirst













राष्ट्र प्रथम, अंत्योदय का संकल्प और सेवा ही संगठन के मूल मंत्र पर चले वाले विश्व के सबसे बड़े राजनीतिक दल भारतीय जनता पार्टी के स्थापना दिवस की आप सभी कार्यकर्ताओं और देशवासियों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। आइए, विकसित भारत के निर्माण में अपनी भागीदारी सुनिश्चित करें। #47YearsOfNationFirst











