New Delhi: BJP’s nationwide membership drive from September 2

NEW DELHI: The BJP is all set to kick-start its fresh membership drive from September 2, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking the lead in the party’s massive organisational exercise.  The colossal exercise described by the party as ‘Sangathan Parv’ will be spread over the next two months and conducted in two phases.

“The drive will begin with the renewal of PM Modi’s membership by party President JP Nadda,” BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde told mediapersons.

Explaining the rationale behind this, he said that the party membership drive is undertaken after every five-six years and as per the BJP’s constitution, all the existing members also have to renew their membership.

The BJP has set a target of attaining ten crore members, barring those states where elections are due. The membership drive will be conducted in two phases. Sharing details of the phase-wise drive, Vinod Tawde told the Press that the first phase would run from September 2 to September 25 while the second phase would begin after a week-long gap and end on October 15.

He also gave the low-down on how the BJP became the world’s largest party in 2014 after surpassing China’s Communist party and mentioned about Covid constraints which reportedly was the reason behind the truncated drive in 2019.

For subscribing to party membership, individuals can apply on multiple forums including making a missed call, applying on the BJP’s portal or other digital platforms like NaMo App, other QR codes.

In a setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), five of its councillors in Delhi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva welcomed them into the party. Sachdeva stated that the councillors left AAP due to the party's corruption and its failure to contribute to Delhi's development.

The five AAP councillors who have joined the BJP are Ram Chandra, Pawan Sehrawat, Manju Nirmal, Sughandha Bidhuri, and Mamta Pawan. In July this year, AAP MLA Kartar Singh Tanwar and former MLA Raj Kumar Anand also joined the BJP.

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