Hyderabad: BJP president Amit Shah has called a meeting of the Telangana BJP core committee in New Delhi on July 8. The meeting assumes significance in view of Mr Shah’s focus on capturing power in 2019.
Mr Shah had addressed two meetings in the state in recent months and had asked party leaders and cadre to aim for a win in 2019.
“It’s more a review of the existing strength of the party, the membership drive, public response to the BJP government at the Centre, strategy to be adopted to win over people, feedback of people on BJP among others,” a senior BJP leader told this newspaper.
Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Telangana BJP president Dr K. Laxman, legislature party leader G. Kishan Reddy, party MLAs, MLCs and senior leaders will attend the meeting.
“The party set a target of about 20 lakh members. So far about 17 lakh members have been enrolled. Mr Shah wants the party leaders to take Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental initiatives to the people,” he added.
The BJP has been active on the irrigation projects displaced persons and bifurcation of the High Court after the TRS slammed the Centre, and on other issues.
