Private portal aims to get BJP twothirds majority

NEW DELHI: More than a year before the ruling BJP faces the next general election, one of its supporters has launched a private website seeking volunteers who will help the party win over 360 seats in the Lok Sabha.

The 44-year-old Vijay Chada, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and finance minister Arun Jaitley on Twitter, launched the website on January 2 asking for supporters to enrol for the 2019 election campaign.

The Lok Sabha elections are expected around Aprilmay next year.

“The 2014 campaign was to defeat the Congress after a decade of misrule. The 2019 campaign is to ensure that the good work continues and that the Congress doesn’t return back directly or indirectly,” Chada’s post on the Mission 360+ homepage said, asking volunteers to provide their names, email IDS, Twitter handles and indicate how they want to get involved in the mission.

“I mentioned the target of 360+ because the two-third majority mark in the House is 362. BJP has achieved a clear majority. We have to now strive for two-thirds majority in Parliament,” Vijay, who is not a member of the BJP, told Hindustan Times on Sunday.

The civil engineer who works as a consultant in IT industry had actively participated in the BJP’S 2014 campaign, when the party won an unprecedented 282 seats in the Lok Sabha.