‘Next phase in Indian history belongs to BJP’

In Ahmedabad, Amit Shah terms Modi the ‘leader of the century’

Amit Shah at a Gujarati New Year meet in Ahmedabad on Wednesday evening. (Source: Express photo)

The next phase in the history of India belonged to the BJP and its ideology, said the party’s national president Amit Shah while addressing party workers in Ahmedabad on Wednesday evening. Shah added that the party’s next membership drive, which will begin on November 1, will focus on expanding the party’s base in eastern-southern belt, from Kerala to West Bengal. He was addressing party workers at a Gujarati New Year meeting in Naranpura, his Assembly constituency.

“From ignorance and boycott to acceptance, so far the BJP ideology has seen three phases. In the next phase, it will now be respected,” Shah said.

As party president, Shah, Gujarat’s former MoS home who is buoyant by the BJP’s impressive performance in Maharashtra-Haryana elections under his leadership, will be leading the first membership drive for his party. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, “He has risen from a Prime Minister, a senior leader of the BJP, to a leader of this century, as a ‘jannayak’ and ‘asset ‘ for the BJP”.

He said that the BJP will now focus on eight states of eastern and southern belt, from Kerala to West Bengal. “In these states, the membership drive will focus on strengthening booth-level units,” Shah said.

In the western, central and northern states, where the BJP has significant presence, Shah said the drive will focus on including well-established people from all walks of life to strengthen the party.

Hailing the contribution of party’s strong organisation in Gujarat, from its foundation in 1950 to forming the government at the Centre in 2014, Shah said the membership drive will follow various modes, including social media, Internet and mobile technology, to reach out to various sections of the society.

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