With a focus to increase members, particularly at the booth level the state working committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will start its two day deliberations from Saturday in Vindhyachal.
“The focus of this meeting would be on how to intensify the on-going membership drive. The party has set a target to make 1.5 crore members and the party is going full steam not only to achieve this target but also to surpass it,” BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said here on Friday. He said the target is not only to make just members but active members who will work for the party day-in and day out. “We have set a target of 100 primary members in every booth. This target is given to us by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Uttar Pradesh has 1.39 lakh booths. In the meeting the members will have a threadbare discussions as how to achieve this target”, Pathak said. He said that party has decided to contest Panchayat elections to be held next year. This will be crucial for the party. The Panchayat elections are prestigious elections and leaders will chalk out party’s future strategy because these are small but fiercely contested elections, he said and added that party will also contest Cantonment Board elections.
In the two day deliberations party will take out two resolutions – one political and other economical. In political resolution the party will focus on the failure of Akhilesh Yadav Government particularly on the law and order front while in the economic resolution the party will highlight Government’s failure to open paddy purchase centres and on farmers’ problems.
The meet will be inaugurated by party’s in-charge Om Prakash Mathur and valedictory speech will be given by Shiv Prakash, (general secretary –Joint). The party has invited around 275 party leaders including 35 office bearers, nine spokespersons, members and special invitee members for the meet.