Hyderabad: In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won four out of the 17 seats. Saying that this was impressive, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said BJP’s target was to capture power in the State in 2023 assembly polls.
In the assembly polls held last year, the BJP performed poorly winning just one of the 119 segments, but put out an impressive show in the LS polls.
Speaking to reporters, Chouhan thanked the people of Telangana for their love and blessings on the party and it’s leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He went on to slam Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over various issues, such as skipping the NITI Aayog meeting in the Centre, not functioning from the Secretariat and for not implementing schemes of the centre such as the Ayushman Bharat.
Chouhan alleged the Telangana CM was engaged in marketing himself and that the TRS government’s advertisements appear in newspapers even in Madhya Pradesh.
He is the party’s convener for membership drive, he announced that from 6 July, campaign would begin and go on till 11 August. He also added that BJP would reach out to all sections of people including those working in different professions in membership enrolment.