The Karnataka State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after assuming power in the state again last week, has targeted to enlist as many as 50 lakh new party members, and ten per cent of them will be from Minority communities, a top party leader said on Friday.
Speaking to newsmen here, BJP State General Secretary, N Ravikumar, who is also in-charge for BJP’s membership drive in Karnataka, informed that “so far over 17 lakh new members have been registered as the primary members of the BJP in Karnataka and the target is to increase it to 50 lakhs in coming years”.
During membership drive, more focus would be given in those region, where BJP’s base are not wide, he said that “Party activists had been asked to concentrate in Kalaburagi and Mysuru region to invite, mainly youths and women to the party fold”.
Stating that party had planned to enlist at least five lakh new members from the Minority communities, he said that, “We have given target to all our Morcha heads including Raitha, Karmika, Women, Students and others to achieve it this goal”.
He said that party had roped in MLAs, MPs, and other elected representatives to involve in the membership drive for four days.
He said that former Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Shivaraj Singh Chavan would arrive Karnataka on October 8 and review the progress made by the state unit on the membership drive. He also said that Karnataka BJP unit was placed in second place in terms of deploying technology platforms to enlist the new members.
