Kalia to lead BJP’s membership drive in state from Sept 1
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 22
With the BJP launching a new membership drive from September 1, aiming at enrolling 10 crore members across India, party cadres in the state also called for the maximum participation of people. In Punjab, senior BJP leader, national executive member and former minister Manoranjan Kalia has been made the in-charge of the campaign.
The party has set a target of enrolling 4,80,000 members this year.
A six-member BJP Membership Campaign Committee of Punjab will oversee the drive. The other members of the committee are Fatehjung Bajwa, who will look after Gurdaspur Zone; Bikramjit Singh Cheema, Jalandhar Zone; Jatinder Mittal, Ludhiana Zone; Jai Inder Kaur, Patiala Zone; and Jeevan Garg, Bathinda Zone.
The training camps at the district level, which started today, will continue till August 24 and at the mandal level on August 25, 26 and 27. Booth-level preparatory meetings for the membership will be held on August 31. The membership will be started on September 1 when the BJP national president JP Nadda makes Prime Minister Narendra Modi first member of the BJP.
Phase-1 of the membership drive will start from September 1 to 25 and the second phase from October 1 to 15. The active membership campaign will be held from October 16 to 31. Any person who makes 100 members and contributes Rs 100 will be eligible for active membership.
State campaign committee in-charge Manoranjan Kalia said, “The total BJP membership in Punjab in 2014 was 23,94,944 and additional membership in 2019 was 5,65,096. The target is 200 members in each booth throughout India. In Punjab, there are over 24,000 booths. The party’s key challenge will be in the rural areas where enrolments will be harder but our members will be going all out to woo new members.”
New ledgers and records will be created and all members will be freshly enrolled.
Kalia said the BJP’s total membership in India in 2014 was 11,06,85,425 and additional membership in 2019 was 6,01,47,832.
