Shah said it is essential that the party builds itself at the grassroots
Shah also said that the workers feel the party has still a long way to go
New Delhi, 17 AugustAmid anticipation on changes and possible expansion in the Union council of ministers, and on a day much of the Opposition was busy with a Sharad Yadav-led conference to 'save India's composite culture', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah was in a long meeting on a longer-term aim.He spent Thursday in a meeting with 31 of his party's leaders, including several cabinet ministers, for putting together a strategy to enable the BJP to win at least 350 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 national poll.The BJP had won 282 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The new 'Mission 350+' is to focus on 150 seats where the BJP was number two or three in 2014. The 31 leaders were asked to focus on five seats each from this list, for the next two years.Cabinet ministers who attended were Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Arjun Meghwal, Ananth Kumar, Jagdish Nadda, Prakash Javadekar, Manoj Sinha, Narendra Tomar and Dharmendra Pradhan. Senior party ...
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BJP national president Amit Shah today lamblasted the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha for lack of development in the state and asserted that BJP will form the government in the state in 2019 wining two-third majority in the assembly election."Since I work at the booth level, I know the grassroots' situation. Based on that assessment, I can say that BJP will form the next government in Odisha with a two-third majority in 2019," said Shah while addressing a gathering at Hugulapata village in Ganjam district, the home turf of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.Shah, who is on a three day visit to the state, said, Booth Committees would be formed in all the 36000 booths across the state in a time-bound manner.The visit of Shah is part of BJP's strategy to strengthen the party in the state under 'Mo Booth Sabuthu Majboot' (My Booth is the Strongest) programme."Electricity, drinking water and toilet facilities are not available in all households in the state, neither employment ...
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