Bengaluru: Leaders of the state BJP were told to get their act together and be aggressive against the Congress in the run-up to Assembly elections, by party president Amit Shah.
Mr Shah was visibly displeased at the end of two meetings with party MPs, MLAs, MLCs, and district presidents and expressed his ire against the party cadre as well. He reiterated that the state leadership need not worry about selections of candidates since central leaders have already received a feedback from all constituencies and would pick the candidates early. He instructed party district presidents to monitor elections related work and assigned them the task of strengthening booths which are considered weak by party leaders.
The BJP president reviewed the progress in terms of appointment of 'Page Pramukh' for every page of the voters' list as he had instructed the local units to complete the task during his previous meeting. Each 'Page Pramukh' should monitor and supervise each page in the voters' list while the cadre should concentrate on individual voters in a booth, he added. .
Most important, he asked the cadre to ensure a record turnout at a rally scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 28.
To win the elections, Mr Shah has given a 23 point formula to the state BJP and set February 10 as the deadline to implement it. He instructed them to carry out wall writings in all booth limits saying, 'This time BJP government.' Mr Shah also instructed the BJP leadership to empower booth committees. Only 50 percent booth panels have been empowered, he said.
Meanwhile, a cobra was spotted at the venue of Amit Shah's meeting with state leaders.
