In BJP chief’s Bengal plan, youth to play crucial role, get security

Senior leaders present at the meeting said the youth brigade would be given more impetus in the coming days.

“Shah said there should be at least four young workers in each of the 77,000 booths across Bengal. The party in return will look into their security so that they are not left alone in case they are attacked,” said Bikram Sarkar, a former bureaucrat and MP who joined the BJP before the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.

About the issues that the party would take up to corner the TMC, Sarkar, quoting Shah, said, “The multicrore Saradha scam is one of the biggest scams under the ruling party’s watch and the BJP sees it as a big opportunity to convert it into votes in its favour”.

“He advised the state unit to draw maximum out of this opportunity and once we have managed to free Bengal from the TMC, we should keep in mind not to fall prey to the same mistakes that they did,” Sarkar said.