A BJP 'vistarak': Satyam Singh Chauhan, vital link between party and voters

Right now, Chauhan is engaged in visiting voters to propagate the BJP's lotus symbol with an appeal to not "waste" their votes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to outshine its opponents in election micro-management and booth organisation because booths form a vital link between a party and its voters.

The labarthee sampark pramukh (contact persons with the beneficiaries of the government’s welfare programmes) — who double as vistaraks (junior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, pracharaks) — play a significant part in the chain of responsibilities given to functionaries on the ground.

Satyam Singh Chauhan, 23, is a vistarak, assigned to convince voters of the “far-reaching benefits” of the schemes and doles handed out by the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government in Firozabad’s