Amit Shah asks party workers to reach out to people interested in membership

KOLKATA: BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday asked party leaders to reach out to people who had contacted the party over phone to become members.

Shah, who was in Kolkata in connection with the Mahasampark Abhiyan (membership drive), said that once these 43 lakh people are brought into the party fold, it would be easier for the BJP to defeat Mamata Banerjee`s Trinamool Congress in the state.

He, however, said only getting members was not enough and urged party leaders and activists to reach out to individual members with the party ideology. Shah also expressed happiness over the growing party membership in West Bengal.

BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh told reporters that “Shah has said that BJP is not a demonic force like the ruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal, but a nationalist force that would contribute towards nation building”.

Party activists and leaders from West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Andamans attended the meet. Among the leaders present were Arjun Munda, Ram Lal and Babul Supriyo. Shah also held meetings with leaders from the various eastern states to chalk out plans for the party`s growth in the region.

About 600 delegates from these eastern region states attended the meeting at Sarat Sadan in Howrah.