Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed BJP public representatives to intensify grassroots outreach by spending at least four days a week in their constituencies and holding at least five street-corner meetings daily, as the party gears up for the upcoming state elections.Setting clear performance benchmarks, Shah, during a closed-door meeting with party MPs, MLAs, civic body councillors, and organisational portfolio holders, asked them to “prove their worth” to be eligible for a party ticket to contest the high-stakes assembly elections, scheduled to be held in the next four months, according to a party leader present at the gathering.
Calling for cohesion within the party, Shah sought to project a unified front while indicating that former state president Dilip Ghosh would be one of the main faces of the saffron camp in the elections. Ghosh, who has largely stayed away from the forefront of the BJP’s activities in the state over the past several months, was also invited for the meeting, signalling his renewed importance.
Shah, considered the BJP’s chief poll strategist, also listened to the party’s 2024 Lok Sabha poll candidates about the advantages and difficulties they faced during their campaigns, and the factors contributing to their wins and losses, the leader said.