A meeting of the Gwalior division the Bharatiya Janata Party office-bearers and workers pertaining to the mega membership drive of the party was held on Sunday in Gwalior. The meet was presided over by BJP State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan.
The BJP Gwalior district president set target of three lakh members for his district and assured the party leadership that the target would be met with. Chouhan addressing the workers said, “The mass base has been provided to the BJP by the sacrifice and loyalty of five generations and now the time has come to expand the base provided by our elders.” Chouhan further said that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former deputy prime minister lal Krishna Advani energised the party in adverse conditions by moving on bicycles. When we are out for expanding the party, the conditions are entirely different, conditions are favourable hence we should make the BJP acceptable and touchable for all, he added.
He said that after scorching for a decade by dearness under the Congress led UPA rule the BJP led NDA Government at the Centre headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had provided relief to the people of the country by bringing in stability in prices and containing dearness. Industrial development is moving at full pace in the country and the development graph in other fields has also gone up in the country, he added. The BJP leader said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has built cordial relations with the people; during the past ten years of BJP rule in the State, round the clock electricity was supplied in the villages while development has been done in every field including irrigation, education and health sectors.