2019 Lok Sabha Polls: Amith Shah's Mastodon Continues Across the States Before 2019

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Amit Shah covered 17 states in a bid to take stock of the party's preparations for the 2019 elections in Lok Sabha, bridging the loopholes and adopting a strategy to counter the opponents.

Shah will be in Kerala on July 3rd as part of this national tour that started with Chhattisgarh on June 10th.

Among the states he visited as part of this exercise are J & K, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat and the seven northeastern states. He called on the Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh state unit leaders at the party headquarters for the same exercise.

Shah is expected to complete the inventory of all BJP state units by 22 July, party sources said. He will travel to Uttar Pradesh on July 4 and 5 to hold meetings in Mirzapur to discuss the party's prospects in the east of UP and in Agra the next day to develop a strategy on the western part of the state that sends 80 deputies to Lok Sabha.

BJP is concerned about the possibility of losing seats at the UP, where he won 71 of the 80 seats while two others were won by his ally Apna Dal in 2014. The party has planned to compensate the probable losses in UP and Bihar states like Odisha, West Bengal and some of the smaller states.

The BJP leader's planned visit to Bihar on July 12 should also give key signals about the fate of the party's alliance with Nitish Kumar's JDU. He should meet CM Bihar who gave mixed signals and kept BJP on hot coals. BJP's other allies – the LJP and the RLSP – are also concerned about their prospects in a NDA that has JDU as they think their share of seats will decrease. Maharashtra and Goa will be covered by the BJP leader on July 22, sources said.

This is the fourth round of gridding between states by the BJP leader since he took office in 2014, say party leaders.

The route of Shah during these visits follows a fixed pattern. He meets with social media members from each state unit and stresses the importance of smart phones and new technologies to influence voters. He also meets with a rally of Dalit leaders from BJP of the state and emphasizes the importance that his party gives to the community.

"The BJP is also attached to party workers and leaders able to handle the elections for several years and they are part of the Lok Sabha & # 39; toli" who meets the party president at These workers know the profile of each constituency and where the party is located in every part of this Lok Sabha headquarters, and their contributions are crucial, "said a spokesman for the BJP.