Amit Shah Holds Discussions on Poll Strategy with Odisha BJP Leaders

Bhubaneswar: BJP President Amit Shah, who set a target that the party wins at least 120 of the 147 seats in the Assembly in Odisha, began Sunday in-camera meetings with State leaders in Bhubaneswar. Upon arriving at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, Shah received a warm welcome from senior officials, including Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram. Basant Panda

With less than a year for the Odisha Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP leader's visit has "stimulated enthusiasm" among Party workers, who are preparing for BJD, who has been ruling in Odisha since 2000, said the head of state.
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"The visit is all the more significant as the president of the BJP has set a goal that the party wins at least 120 seats out of the 147 in the next elections of the Assembly," he said. declared.
Vice-president of party unity, Samir Mohanty, said Shah, during his one-day visit, should review organizational activities and adjust electoral strategies with contributions from senior officials of the party. # 39; State. and spokespersons, Shah will review the benefits distributed under various central regimes. He will also question whether a central plan is yet to reach the local level in Odisha, Mohanty said.

As part of his brainstorming sessions, Shah should hold a meeting with two leaders from each of the panchayats in the region. He said that last year, Shah, who had launched last year a booth contact program – "Booth Sabuthu Mahbhoot" & # 39; (My stand is the strongest) – in the segments of the Assembly under the constituencies of Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack Lok Sabha. Odisha tasked state party leaders to ensure the booth workers' home visit to inform people about pro-poor initiatives and social measures taken by the NDA government led by the BJP

. is seen as part of BJP's "look east" policy, amidst a war of words between its party and the ruling BJD over the government's rejection of the Ayushman Bharat plan of the Center.

State follows his tour of West Be Ngal and Manipur. The saffron party had said in the past that it would experience a "golden period" after coming to power in Odisha and West Bengal.

Another BJP leader stated that Shah was trying to galvanize the party's organizational structure before the 2019 elections.

"The fact that the BJP has identified Odisha as a" privileged "state is clear from the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Cuttack for the anniversary of his government on May 26, "he added. seems "better placed this time to win more seats in Odisha in the elections of the Assembly and Lok Sabha."

Of the 21 seats of Lok Sabha in Odisha, the BJP was able to win One in the 2014 general election, while the rest was won by the BJD.

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