Southern sojourn gets going
Thimphu, December 03: In their efforts to win the votes from southern districts, could turn to vote banks for the parties, the presidents and other leading figures of the DTP and PDP continue their tour to southern districts.
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) delegation under Khandu Wangchuk joined by Dorokha-Tading constituency candidate of the party, Thakur Singh Powdyel, completed their five-day intermingle tour of the constituency and arrived Phuentsholing on November 27.
The team DPT was welcomed to that area with the sounds of trumpets and drums, played in public, while aroma of incense sticks added fragrance in places like Dorokha, Denchukha and Dumtoe.
On the other hand, the PDP goes ahead to eastward reaching Sarpang and then to Tsirang, the largest population among the southern districts. It counts to over 19,240 voters.
In course, PDP captain Sangay Ngedup presented his candidates for Shompangkha and Gelephu constituencies, Pelzore Rumba and Garab Dorji respectively. The Sarpang and Tsirang tour ended on November 28.
Ngedup said, if elected to lead the government, his party will work to transform the bureaucracy to help farmers avail faster services by establishing a one window service through gewog integrated services.
Party coordinator for the southern districts T. P. Humagai did his best to separate party president from linkage to royal family stressing that the draft constitution does not allow a royal family member to involve in politics. Ngedup is maternal uncle to present king.
The mission team has reached Dagana.
Alongside the speeches of the leaders, the parties have intensified their strategies to activate their sister wings for mobilization of people in the south and north. A large gathering of women and youths was organized by PDP at Wangdue Choling Lower Secondary School in Bumthang on November 29.
PDP seems ahead of mobilizing women and youths compared to DPT despite the notification from the Election Commission not to establish any sister organizations at this time. After the notification, PDP bent its strategy to term the youth mobilization process as youth discussion forum.
Detrimental to win for leading the government, the parties take it seriously the votes from the southern district despite their hatred and ill treatment during the absolute rules. Bhutan News Service