New Delhi: While Madhya Pradesh gears up for impending Assembly Elections this year, Home Minister Amit Shah is said to have given his ‘poll mantra’ to party leaders at a late-night meeting on Tuesday.
The Home Minister, who made a hurried visit to the state for ‘party engagement’ also had a clear message for the warring factions.
According to a leading portal, Home Minister made it clear that ‘neither the CM face or BJP’s MP chief would be replaced’.
The development comes in wake of rising differences between MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan & party’s state president VD Sharma, leading to speculatons of change of guard.
Amid Shah chaired the meet of state BJP brass, which included top seasoned politicians including CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP’s state president Vishnu Dutt Sharma. MP HM Narottam Mishra, lawmaker Jyotiradtidya Scindia and leaders like Kailash Vijayvargiya, Narendra Tomar were also present.
Now, with Home Minister setting party’s poll strategy for upcoming elections, slated for this year’s end and Shivraj govt facing stiff challenge from Congress, this is expected to give fillip to party’s campaign.
The message by Home Minister was clear after two & half long meeting that the party brass & leadership must unite forces and put up a united fight against a resurgent Opposition while at the same time, propagating good works of Shivraj government.
The meeting of MP’s BJP unit top brass was called at a very short notice, reported the portal. Amit Shah was accompanied by BJP’s election ‘prabhari’ of Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Yadav, and co-incharge Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Shah reportedly said at the meeting that warring factions have to bury the hatchet and collectively work as cohesive unit for making the party stronger. Everyone must take active role in aggressive promotion of state govt’s public welfare policies and also their ‘actions will be under watch.’
Shah took note of some state leaders speaking in different voices and thus giving Opposition a chance to gain advantage. He is understood to have told top rung leadership of state to add ‘aggression’ in their campaign and reach out to maximum people.
Home Minister is also understood to have asked the top leaders to start ‘Vijay Sankalp Abhiyan’, a party’s outreach program that is taken up during elections. He also tasked state BJP chief VD Sharma and general secretary Hitanad with steering party’s campaign & promoting positive works of Shivraj government.
Further trying to give fillip to party’s campaign, he said that that he would personally monitor all the preparations and would also make ‘regular visits’ to the state.
