Mumbai: A senior BJP leader confirmed that all vehicles being used by party candidates and senior leaders have had GPS systems installed.
“The idea is to keep himself (Amit Shah) updated to know what is going on. This will also ensure that everything is going as per plan,” the leader said on condition of anonymity.
Mr Shah, who came into the limelight with the party tremendous victory in Uttar Pradesh in the general election, is known for his unique experiments for election campaigning.
Mr Shah has taken the state elections as another challenge after the party lost its ally of 25 years, the Shiv Sena, said another leader, adding that he would leave no stone unturned to ensure BJP’s victory.
According to top BJP sources, many times leaders from the party, after working hard for a few days, try and find a way out of campaigning. The GPS devices, they said, would allow the party to check up on them.
One senior leader claimed that the GPS devices were fitted to ensure that the vehicles were not “misused”, thought another functionary maintained that by installing GPS, Mr Shah has send a message to every party candidate and leader: that he is watching all of them.
