Delhi polls on mind, Shah to address BJP workers on Jan 5

NEW DELHI : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, who is also the Union home minister, will address a meeting of booth-level workers on January 5 as part of preparations for Delhi Assembly elections which is scheduled to take place early next year.

The meeting, senior party leaders said, is to motivate workers to ensure the BJP’s return to power in Delhi after a gap of 21 years.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said that close to 30,000 booth-level workers and other leaders are expected to attended the event.

On Wednesday, Shah convened a two-hour long meeting of senior state leaders to discuss the election preparations. A senior BJP leader said that the meeting was one of the many that will be held to discuss strategy for Delhi elections.

“There are a lot of decisions that the Centre has taken for development and welfare of Delhi. For instance, the decisions regarding giving ownership rights to residents of unauthorised colonies or developmen projects to decongest the city are important and we have to tell the people about it. We also have to tell the people about the failure of the AAP government,” said a senior BJP leader.

The party — with the Centre’s key decision which is likely to benefit four million people — is hoping to make inroads in the unauthorised colonies, which is considered a stronghold of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

A booth-level workers convention is planned at Indira Gandhi stadium on January 5.