Press Release ; Hon'ble President of Suriname, H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi met BJP National President Shri J.P. Nadda at BJP HQ, 6A DDU Marg, New Delhi

 

Press Release

 

Hon’ble President of Suriname, H.E. Shri Chandrikapersad Santokhi met Bharatiya Janata Party National President Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda at the BJP HQ in evening on January 13, i.e. Friday. The Hon'ble BJP National President welcomed the Suriname President, Minister of Foreign Affairs and other delegates to the party office. Shri Vijay Chauthaiwale, BJP’s foreign affairs department in-charge and Shri Anil Baluni, National Media Head of BJP were also present during the meeting between Hon’ble H.E. Shri Chandrikapersad Santokhi and Hon’ble BJP National President Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda ji.

 

Both the distinguished leaders talked warmly about the contribution of the diaspora. Shri Nadda explained in detail how the coordination of the party and the government takes place. Further, he explained how the cascade of communication from top to booth level.karyakarta and from booth to national leadership is functioning in the party. Hon’ble Suriname's President emphasized that different countries should focus on learning Hindi language, Indian traditions and culture.

 

Hon’ble Suriname President explained the challenges to his country due to COVID-19 and how he has brought out his country from the crisis. He also said that his party can take several messages from the world's largest party on how to run a pro-people ruling party.

 

Shri Santokhi is the second Indian origin person to be elected as the president of Suriname. He is the Chairman of the Progressive Reform Party of Suriname and has earlier served as minister of Justice and police from 2005-10. He has also served as Chairman of The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) in the year 2022.  He was the special guest of Honour for 17^th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held at Indore.

 

Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale

(In-Charge, Foreign Affairs Dept, Bharatiya Janata Party)