Bengaluru: Expressing displeasure over slow pace of BJP membership drive in Karnataka, national President Amit Shah has instructed the state unit of BJP to reach the target of enrolling one crore member before March 2015.
As on Wednesday, the party had registered 11.15 lakh members through mobile and online registration process.
On an average the state unit was registering 25,000 members per day and to reach Mr Shah’s target, it will have to enroll one lakh members per day.
The party membership committee national convener and former minister, C.T. Ravi, told this newspaper that Mr Shah has set a target of one crore members for Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
To speed up our drive in the state, the party will conduct boothwise membership drive on January 24 and 25. Door-to-door membership drive will also be conducted on these days and party workers will approach voters to enroll them as members, Mr Ravi explained.
As for mobile registration, Mr Ravi said the problem is that at a time only one member can be registered, hence the party has decided to launch traditional way of enrolling members at booths and villages.
The party is aiming to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for highest number of mobile membership registration and will start a rigorous campaign in the second week of January. BJP can create Guinness World Records if it registers ten crore members through mobile registration across the country, Mr Ravi added.
Compared to North Indian states Karnataka was lagging behind in the membership drive. The state is in sixth position, behind Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. However, Karnataka first among southern states.
Mr Ravi was hopeful of reaching the one-crore target by March end. “We have decided to involve party cadres including MLAs and MPs in this drive.
BJP MLAs have been told to register 35,000 members at their respective constituencies. They can reach maximum of 50,000 to 60,000 members,” he added.
