Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP has chalked out a plan to replicate 'Gujarat Model' to strengthen organisational structure of the saffron brigade in Mamata Banerjee’s bastion West Bengal by sending senior Gujarat BJP leaders to train local party workers of the eastern State.
Sources in the state BJP unit said that already 20 ‘Vistaraks’ have been trained at Gujarat BJP’s headquarters ‘Shri Kamalam’ recently.
Now senior BJP leaders handpicked by BJP president Amit Shah would camp at Kolkata and other cities to impart micro management system of campaigning during the elections.
“The training sessions for Bengal BJP leaders and workers would be part of the party’s long term plan and not limited to upcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJP is making its base broad in the state and the party is also eying to win 2021 assembly polls there,” said a senior BJP leader.
Amit Thaker, senior BJP leader and former national president of BJP Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the saffron party has been appointed as the coordinator in West Bengal.
Immediate past president of Gujarat BJP Yuva Morcha Pradipsinh Vaghela and another leader Prithviraj Patel have been also appointed as Assistant Coordinators, who would work along with some other Gujarat BJP leaders in Bengal under the leadership of Thaker.
The first batch of BJP workers from Bengal, who took training in Gujarat also travelled various districts of Gujarat and attended meetings of different committees and morchas.
They also studied responsibilities given to page-presidents during elections. They were given knowledge of Gujarat BJP’s operations right from booth level.
They were given chance to meet top brass of BJP including state president Jitu Vaghani, secretary organisation Bhikhu Dalasaniaand others.
Meanwhile, Gujarat BJP workers from Saurashtra region and northern parts of the State to support their counterparts in poll bound Rajasthan. Trained party workers from central and south Gujarat would visit Madhya Pradesh where assembly polls would be held during the current year.