BJP targets 10 crore national membership by March 31: Amit Shah

Amit Shah, BJP national president and architect of NDA return to power after 10 years and also in J & K says that Tamil Nadu topped in electoral corruption. The BJP president alleged that Tamil Nadu is the number one state in electoral corruption and asked party workers to be alert and make efforts to check money flow during elections.

“Tamil Nadu is the number one state in the country where money plays a bigger role during elections. To prevent this, BJP should be strengthened at the booth level, so that voters can be alerted and prevented from taking money,” he said. He was addressing the first in camera (closed door ) session of the State and District office bearers of the party here, where reporters and members of the public were not allowed.

The BJP, alone could prevent corruption, to bring about a change in Tamil Nadu,, Shah said, adding that nearly 6.2 crore new members had been enrolled all over the country and hoped the party’s target of 10 crore by March 31 would be achieved in another 25 days. In Tamil nadu the membership drive had crossed 22 lakh as against the target of 60 lakh, he said.

Claiming that the BJP polled over 17 crore votes in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he said if the 10 crore new members enrolled three each, including family members, it would reach 30 crore, enabling them to easily get 370 seats in the next elections.