BJP launches 'Saugat-e-Modi' Eid kits, to benefit 32 lakh underprivileged Muslims

The BJP launched a nationwide outreach programme on Tuesday for economically weaker Muslim families ahead of Eid, a move seen as an effort to garner support from the community in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly polls scheduled for later this year.

The 'Saugat-e-Modi' campaign is expected to benefit 32 lakh underprivileged Muslims across the nation, who would receive special kits to celebrate Eid. It kicked off from Nizamuddin in southeast Delhi under the guidance of BJP chief JP Nadda.

Along with food items, the kits include clothes, vermicelli, dates, dry fruits and sugar. Women's kits will contain fabric for suits, while men's kits will include kurta-pyjamas. The cost of each kit will be around Rs 500 to Rs 600, as per



a report by news agency ANI.

BJP Minority Morcha national president Jamal Siddiqui, who rolled out the initiative, said similar kits will be distributed among economically weaker members of other minority communities during their festivals under the ‘Saugat-e-Modi’ programme next month.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi always says that he is the guardian of 140 crore Indians and he takes part in all festivals. He participates in Christmas, Easter, Baisakhi and sends 'chadar' for offering at Nizamuddin Dargah and Ajmer Sharif," he said.

"So we decided that we will give kits with food to our brothers and sisters, who are poor. Each kit will also have clothes for our sisters," he told news agency PTI.