BJP Steps up Booth Revamp Ahead of 2028 Civic Polls
The party has begun strengthening booth committees statewide, building on recent MLC poll triumphs where sharp strategies clinched two crucial wins.
Hyderabad: BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao has directed party cadres to fortify the organisation from the booth level, urging them to transform every polling unit into a “powerhouse” ahead of the municipal, GHMC and 2028 Assembly elections.
Addressing a state‑level Booth Nirman Abhiyan workshop at the party headquarters on Monday, Rao stressed adoption of the ‘panna pramukh’ system — first successfully used in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat —assigning a dedicated worker for every 50 voters to “own and protect” each booth. He called for mapping voter lists in all areas, identifying weak booths where the BJP had finished second in past polls, and converting them into strengths through sustained public engagement.
Rao emphasised door‑to‑door communication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare schemes, projecting that combining the “Modi wave” — which delivered eight Lok Sabha seats — with robust booth structures could yield up to 16 parliamentary seats in Telangana.
The party has begun strengthening booth committees statewide, building on recent MLC poll triumphs where sharp strategies clinched two crucial wins. Under the Abhiyan, booth presidents lead teams of 10–15 members, including panna pramukhs. This structure integrates with mandal, district and state units for seamless coordination, handling year‑round tasks such as collecting voter demographics and preferences.
A BJP functionary said data‑driven tools such as Saral and NaMo apps enable real‑time tracking and segmentation by age, caste and turnout history. Cadres conduct door‑to‑door Sampark Abhiyan drives, festival outreach, missedcall campaigns, training workshops and performance monitoring to ensure accountability.
Rao described the booth president as the party’s “pivotal pillar”, underscoring that booth construction is a continuous mission, not a one‑day affair. He mandated district‑level workshops to cascade the drive down to mandals. The Abhiyan aims to treat each polling station as a winnable fortress—maximising turnout, redressing grievances, countering opposition narratives and minimising vote leakage through election‑day logistics such as transport and mock polls.
State in‑charge Abhay Patil, organisational general secretary Chandrasekhar Tiwari, general secretaries Vemula Ashok, Dr N. Gautham Rao and Tulla Veerender Goud, secretaries Ravikumar and Bharat, chief spokesperson N.V. Subhash and other senior leaders attended the workshop.
