Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the organizational meetings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana on Thursday, December 28. He is leading the saffron party's bid in a slew of states, including West Bengal and Odisha, to emerge as a dominant player there. in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
According to a report from PTI Citing BJP leaders, Amit Shah will attend a meeting of the party's core group, including senior leaders from the state, in Hyderabad and later interact with 'mandal' presidents of the party from across Telangana.
On Tuesday, Amit Shah was in West Bengal along with BJP president JP Nadda. They held organizational meetings and set a target of winning 35 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal ruled by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
PTI reported on Tuesday that an election management committee composed of both old guard and newcomers, including central observers, is likely to be formed soon.
Addressing the social media cell of the Bengal BJP, Shah said, “By 2024, the BJP will win more than 35 seats in West Bengal. The BJP will contest the elections based on its social media strength as the regional media is not carrying the saffron party's message fearing the TMC.”
During the program, Shah said, “Didi's (Mamata Banerjee's) MP is sharing her password with businessmen in return for gifts, and now she is trying to protect that MP. How many questions have been asked about the poor in Bengal? They will never do that, because the poor cannot give them expensive gifts. Plus, her MP is mimicking the Vice President?
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won 18 seats.
In the same elections in Telangana, the saffron party had won four of the seventeen seats.
In the recent Telangana Assembly polls, the Congress has wrested power from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
He will also pay obeisance at the Bhagyalakshmi Temple.
According to the report citing sources, Shah is also likely to travel to Odisha in the coming days, where the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has long been the strongest force.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won eight of Odisha's 21 seats.
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Published: Dec 27, 2023 6:09 PM IST