The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) here at a first State-level workshop of the Biju Yuva Sampark Committee on Monday set a target to enrol one lakh youth cadres into its fold by October this year.
Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik presided over the meeting and asked all party functionaries to highlight the State Youth Policy at the grassroots level. The workshop has decided to divide the 147 Assembly constituencies into three revenue divisions like north, south and central and such workshops would be held in all the constituencies within three months which would be attended by senior party leaders and youth leaders, block and district level party functionaries. As many as 500 youths would be enrolled into the party fold from each constituency during the period, said Biju Yuva Sampark Committee president MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain.