Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Madhya Pradesh president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan after reviewing the progress of ongoing intensive mega membership drive of the party, said on Sunday that the drive has now gained momentum in the past three days.
Chouhan in a statement said that the party has tactically decided to launch the second phase of it in the third week of February to overcome the impasse created by the Panchayti Raj elections in the drive. The second phase of the intensive mega membership drive would be held on February 22 and 23, he added.
State in-charge of the control room set for the mega membership drive and State secretary Tapan Bhowmik told that party parliamentarians, legislators, office-bearers and umbrella organisations’ office-bearers and workers in the divisions have come on ground. In Ujjain division, one third target of the 29 lakh members target set by the State leadership is going to be completed. In the coming 45 days, the target for the State, which is two crore set by the national leadership, would be met, he added.
State in-charge of the mega membership drive Manoranjan Mishra informed that the national joint in-charge of the mega membership drive, BJP national vice president and Madhya Pradesh organisational in-charge Vinay Sahastrabuddhe would give new direction to the drive in the State on February 18 by taking four meetings in the State capital. Mishra said that Sahastrabuddhe would take part in the legislative party meeting and would review the contribution of legislators in the drive.
While a ‘chai chopal’ would be organised in that Sahastrabuddhe would hold discussions with the directors of educational institutes. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP state president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan and State organizational general secretary Arvind Menon would also participate in the ‘chai pe charcha’ he added.