As part of his plan to open a party office in each district of the country, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the first of those in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur, the seat party stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee had contested in his maiden lok Sabha polls in 1957.
Soon after Shah was reelected BJP president in January, all State units were asked to begin the exercise for establishing a party office in every district. The party has named the Balrampur office ‘Atal Bhawan’.
District offices of the party which will have a similar architecture and common facilities like e-library and video conferencing will help the saffron outfit expand its base.
Meanwhile, Shah was shown black flags by Youth Congress workers led by Manoj Tewari at the Shaheed Path while he was on his way to Bahraich.