Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 13
At the first major organisational meeting after the BJP’s electoral success, Amit Shah today told leaders to not rest on laurels but work harder. “The BJP, which won 303 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, has still not peaked in terms of its electoral success, its full potential,” Shah told the meeting attended by BJP heads from states and national office-bearers.
Now Home Minister in the Modi 2.0 government, Shah said the BJP would reach its zenith when it forms governments in states like Kerala and West Bengal.
Amid speculation over the new BJP chief, it seems Shah will continue to hold the party’s top post for some more time or at least till Assembly polls in key states like Haryana, Delhi, Maharashtra and possibly J&K. “For now, he is giving final touches to the membership drive to increase the party strength by 20 per cent. The party currently has 11 crore members,” general secretary Bhupender Yadav said.
The schedule of the drive is yet to be finalised, though sources said it might begin around July 6. In the meantime, Shah is also expected to hold a meeting of general secretaries on June 17.
Former Madhya Pradesh CM and party vice-president Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made in charge of the membership drive following which organisational polls will be held. With Chouhan being given the charge, another name has been added to the list of probables who may take over from Shah. Other probables are JP Nadda, Bhupender Yadav and Gordhan Jhadapiya, BJP’s in charge for UP in these elections.
Shah said: “The BJP has strengthened itself in states like West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana in five years while maintaining dominance in the states it did well in 2014. In the same way, it will expand itself to new regions.”
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