Hyderabad: The BJP has revamped its city unit with an eye on 2019 elections.
Hyderabad city BJP president N. Ramachander Rao, who heads the city unit, reconstituted the over 60-member body including nine vice presidents, five general secretaries, nine secretaries, a treasurer, and three spokespersons.
The party which is giving importance to social media to reach out to large number of people also appointed in charge for it besides publicity, media etc in addition to conveners for 14 Assembly constituencies in the city.
Mr Ramachandra Rao, who was appointed city BJP president in January, said the party unit will be activated by taking up various public issues and programmes.
“Our goal is 2019 elections and we want to win maximum number of seats this time. In alliance with Telugu Desam, we won six seats. This time our focus will be to win more seats including those held by MIM in Old City,” the city BJP chief told this newspaper.
BJP president Amit Shah, who is visiting the state this month to gear up the party, will interact with city BJP leaders and present a road map for the next general elections, programmes to be taken up among others.
“The BJP focus is to win more Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. The process of interaction in Lok Sabha constituencies has already begun with party leaders and workers, who have been given specific tasks to strengthen party from grass roots level, especially from booth level,” a BJP leader said.
