Shah's priority is now Odisha, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
BJP President Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI/File)
Kochi: Kerala does not figure in the immediate priority of new BJP president Amith Shah as he sets out to conquer more states after his sterling performance in Uttar Pradesh in the LS election.
In his latest facebook post he says, “Our priority is to achieve a big breakthrough in Odisha, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Unlike Uttar Pradesh, where our organisation was dormant, but existed and our core base intact, we have weak party apparatuses with defined core constituencies in these states, including Assam."
The post with ‘4,25,911 likes’ reaffirms a report that appeared in a Kolkata daily which suggested the same, quoting a source close to the BJP president.
“In North Kerala, where the RSS has a base, many swayamsevaks were killed in clashes with the Left. Now, when we are in power at the Centre with a good majority, it won’t do any good to our image if our workers get continually involved in violence. So Tamil Nadu and perhaps Telangana are the best options to tap in the South," the Kolkata daily had quoted the source as saying.
When contacted, BJP state president V.Muraleedharan said he was unaware of any such priority and was hearing it for the first time. “The new committees are only being formed and it’s too early to comment on it,” he said.
( Source : dc )
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