Senior State-level Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders sat for the second day on Friday to evaluate poll performance and internal party affairs in the rest of the 58 Assembly seats at the party’s headquarters in Raipur.
The meeting was a sequel to the discussion held on party’s performance in 32 seats — including the 12 seats of the Bastar division a day earlier.
Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on the second day addressed the candidates from the rest of the 58 seats and thereafter the poll performance in the constituencies were discussed.
Singh told the participants of the meeting that the BJP in Chhattisgarh must create history by winning all the 11 lok Sabha seats while drawing from the experience gained from the just concluded Assembly polls.
later, the candidates who were asked to come to the meeting with the reports on poll performance in their constituencies provided an account of the party’s prospects in their respective regions.
During the meeting, it was told to the candidates to submit an account of their poll expenses at the earliest.
The senior leaders also held discussions with some of the district presidents in the key constituencies to gather feedback from them on the prevailing political scenario in their regions.
Some of the candidates separately discussed issues on activity of rebels in their constituencies with the senior leaders, sources informed.
Some of the party spokespersons were especially invited to be present in the meeting and listen to the discussions. It was also advised in the meeting that ID cards of all the party representatives be prepared for the day of counting of votes on December 8.
Speaking on the occasion, State BJP president Ramsevak Paikra said that the party is set to win more seats compared to last two Assembly polls in the State.
The meeting on Friday was attended, among others, by BJP State general secretary (Organisation) Rampratap Singh, senior leaders Gaurishankar Agrawal and Subhash Rao besides candidates from the 58 Assembly seats, poll managers , MPs and district presidents.