Daijiworld Media Network - Belagavi (SP)

Belagavi, Dec 21: BJP is pitching to face Lok Sabha (LS) elections scheduled next year. Star campaigners of the party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BJP national president, Amit Shah, would be visiting the state during February and January 2019 respectively to lend support to BJP's quest to win maximum LS seats from the state.

The state unit of BJP has received instruction to complete formation of teams for Lok Sabha elections, and also entrust responsibility to different teams to handle social websites, legal cell, and media. The instructions and plan of action sent by the national leaders were discussed at a meeting of the party leaders on Thursday December 20.

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The meeting, which was chaired by state BJP president, B S Yeddyurappa, was attended by Jagadish Shettar, R Ashok, K S Eshwarappa, and some other leaders.

State BJP organizing secretary, Arun Kumar, gave information about the drafting of plan of action for the elections, and also about the programmes listed out by the central leadership of the party for reinforcing power into BJP Shakti Kendras, interactions proposed to be held by Amit Shah with Shakti Kendra heads after January 15, 2019, and need to immediately appoint heads of Shakti Kendras and train them in view of these forthcoming discussions. He said that heads of Shakti Kendras from three to five LS constituencies would be brought together, where cluster would be formed. Shah would be participating in this cluster level meetings and interact with the participants, he added.

A senior legislator said that Narendra Modi would be beginning to address election rallies since the first week of February next year, and that during February, he will be addressing several rallies here. However, how many rallies he will address and where, are yet to be decided, he revealed.