As the state’s senior BJP leaders cry foul over the party’s new executive list, young parliamentarian and the party’s national secretary Varun Gandhi advised workers to spread the message that the party cares for all.

Gandhi, who was in the state capital on Wednesday, visited the ailing octogenarian worker a close aide of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ram Kumar Singh, at Bakshi Ka Talaab. Inquiring about his health, Varun promised Singh’s relatives all help for his treatment. Later, meeting the workers at the party headquarters, he said, “We should not look at the BJP as just a political party but also a family.”

In a family, the members have their share of good and bad times, he said. “But we should always try to support our elderly members, specially those who have worked for strengthening the party in their heydays, and are facing bad times now.”

Asking party workers to actively seek out workers facing hard times, Varun said: “When I came here last, I had informally asked the people about workers who had dedicated their life to Jan Sangh and the BJP. In their youth, when they could have made money, they were busy strengthening the party and we are lucky that for 50 years, they worked hard to prepare the ground for youngsters like us.”

Today, some of them are sick, ailing and need support, care and even financial help, he said. “I would like the workers to reach out to such people in all districts. I have done that myself in places like Saharanpur, Sambhal and Jaunpur.”

Talking to the media, Varun said that he does not believe in politics of vote and would rather like to win the trust of the people. “I believe if you are able to win the trust of the people, the votes will follow.”

He later went to the house of party’s former president of the IT cell, Dharmendra Rai, who had been ailing from cancer for some time.