Senior BJP leader and Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday exhorted the party leaders to take the party's ideology to all corners of the country, expressing confidence in its strong electoral prospects in the impending Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir and in the future. Addressing a BJP meeting, where the party decided to embark on its national membership drive from September 1, Mr Shah noted that people have repeatedly expressed their faith in its governments in the states and at the Centre, while rejecting the Congress, sources said. Mr Shah, sources said, also told the gathering that the Opposition might devalue the BJP's performance in the 2024 general election, but the party has expanded (vote share) in states like Telangana, Tamil Nadu, formed its first government in Odisha, which is a positive message for future electoral battles.
The saffron party has set a target of enrolling at least 10 crore new members as part of its membership drive across all states except in the poll-bound states and Union territory. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde will be the convenor of the membership drive. BJP vice-president Rekha Verma will be the co-convenor of the drive.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s national and state office-bearers on Saturday. The membership drive also sets the stage for the election of a new party chief. The meeting was also attended by party president and Union health minister J.
P. Nadda, presidents and office-.