CM Saini attends BJP SC Morcha chief Ajay Khundia's swearing-in
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At BJP's Haryana state headquarters 'Panchkamal' on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini joined senior party functionaries and workers to witness the charge-taking ceremony of Ajay Khundia as the newly appointed state president of the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha — a grassroots wing the party has long used as its primary bridge to Dalit communities across the state.
What Saini said at the Panchkamal ceremony
Posting in Hindi under the headline 'Sangathan ki shakti, samaj ke prati samarpan!' ('The strength of the organisation, dedication to society!'), the Chief Minister expressed confidence that under Khundia's leadership, every Morcha worker would reach 'village by village and booth by booth' to connect needy families with welfare schemes and carry the social-justice ideas of Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar to the wider public. He extended his 'heartfelt best wishes' to Khundia for the new responsibility.
Khundia's mandate: booths, villages, and welfare delivery
The BJP Anusuchit Jati Morcha functions as the party's dedicated organisational arm for Scheduled Caste outreach, combining booth-level mobilisation with on-ground delivery of central and state welfare schemes — scholarships, housing support, and skill programmes among them. Saini's framing of the appointment is explicit: the Morcha is expected to serve both as a political ground force and as a last-mile link between SC families and government entitlements.
The invocation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's social-justice philosophy alongside scheme linkage is a deliberate dual track — ideological connect backed by material delivery — that the BJP has refined across north India over successive election cycles.
Haryana's SC electorate and the BJP's booth-level push
Scheduled Castes constitute a significant share of Haryana's electorate, and the booth-level emphasis in Saini's statement signals an organisational reset under the new Morcha chief. The BJP in Haryana has historically run targeted SC welfare drives, with the current Saini government continuing programmes initiated under previous administrations. A reinvigorated Morcha structure could shape the party's outreach calculus ahead of future local body contests.