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BJP expects membership figures to reflect in upcoming polls
Bangalore, April 1
The BJP on Wednesday said
that crossing the nine crore mark in its membership drive will reflect
in the upcoming assembly polls.
Party spokesperson M.J. Akbar
described it as a massive achievement and said several checks and
balances have been maintained in adding the members.
"We will see
the result of this in the coming state elections and the overall
functioning of the party as well," Akbar told IANS here.
"This is
an extraordinary achievement in a democratic set up. People don't
realise how many checks and balances were in place for this drive," he
said.
"We are expanding BJP family on every part of the country.
Large figures have emerged from states where they said BJP is not
strong."
BJP has extended its ambitious membership drive till April 30.
Party
president Amit Shah tweeted that the party has crossed the nine crore
mark. He said one crore new members were added in last eight days.
Party's national vice president Dinesh Sharma said in a letter to state units that the deadline has been increased to April 30.
Sharma
named states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Assam,
Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Maharashtra,
and Haryana and said in many states due to elections and by-elections
workers did not get sufficient time.
He said despite BJP becoming
world's largest political party before March 31, the original deadline,
"seeing the enthusiasm of workers and supporters" the drive has been
extended with the permission of the BJP president.
BJP now claims
to being the political party with largest membership in the world,
leaving behind Communist Party of China that has over 8.6 crore members.