Bharatiya Janata Party National Election Officer and former union agriculture minister Radhamohan Singh said as per reports the party’s membership has increased by 3.45 crore in the country, though the target was to increase 20 per cent members.
He was on a day-long visit to Raipur.
Talking to media on Monday, he said party booth president and local committees’ elections will be held from September 11 to September 30 based on the certified electoral roll. It will be certified by the election officers. Mandal president and committees’ election is scheduled from October 11-31 while state council members’ election is scheduled from November 11 to 30, 2019. In each phase 10 days gap has been kept for registering complaint, its resolution and preparation for next phase.
He further adds that today state-level election workshop was held. This will be followed by district level workshop on August 28-30. Then finally in month of December the BJP party national level election will be held.
BJP state president Vikram Usendi said it was Election Commission’s decision not to announce Chiktrakot by-poll, but the party was ready for it. “We are preparing the party workers for the election along with the party organizational election as the mass contact programmes are already continuing,” Usendi said.
He pointed out that exact membership figure is not out as compilation work is continuing. On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, from October 2 to October 31, Members of Parliament and other leaders of the party in the state will take part in a 150 kilometres ‘Padyatra’ (foot-march) adhering to the Prime Minister’s appeal.