The Home Minister reportedly stressed the need to take extra care to explain to the people that the Congress was trying to “spread vile against the BJP”.
Amit Shah (Screengrab)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is understood to have told the BJP state leaders to counter effectively the Congress’ campaign that the saffron party was keen on reviewing the Constitution of India to scrap the reservations.
The Union Minister after his road show in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in support of party nominee K Madhavi Latha on late Wednesday night, conferred with state leaders at the party office where he inquired about the status of the party and its prospects in the elections. He stressed on coordination in campaign.
The leaders who attended the meeting included convenors of the party for all the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Rajya Sabha member K Laxman, senior leaders P Muralidhar Rao and Sunil Bansal.
The Home Minister reportedly stressed the need to take extra care to explain to the people that the Congress was trying to spread vile against the BJP and as part of it, was carrying out a campaign that the BJP was against the Constitution and the reservations.
The saffron party has taken the issues very seriously as it has severe political implications ahead of the elections.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy showed proof that the BJP’s actual agenda was to change the character of the constitution to do away with reservations for the SCs, STs, and OBCs.
After this, Amit Shah reportedly sounded very serious that the party leaders should concentrate on building an argument that the party on the contrary treated the Constitution as very sacrosanct.
The Union Home Ministry has already registered a case against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and several social media activists of the Congress in Delhi.
They have been listed as accused in the case related to the circulation of a doctored video in which Amit Shah was seen saying that the BJP would do away with all reservations now in force in the country.
The BJP said that the videos that are circulating in social media are highly doctored, and Amit Shah only said at a Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Telangana on 23 April that BJP would only annul reservations extended to Muslims as they were against the Constitution of India.
Amit Shah, at the meeting with the party leaders on Wednesday night, also wanted them to make the most of the favourable situation prevailing in the country for the BJP after the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya and abrogation of Article 370.
He told the party leaders that they should work with renewed vigour to build on the foundation that they had laid in the Assembly elections by winning eight seats and if the party worked with proper coordination and with a foolproof action plan, winning more than 10 Lok Sabha seats may not be all that difficult.
He is understood to have told them that the key lay in establishing a connect with the people who are the beneficiaries of the central welfare schemes.
Shah also inquired about how effective the Intintiki BJP ( BJP for every household) and advised them to build on the good will that has been generated in the process.
He favoured holding more number of small meetings than a few large rallies as this way the message of the BJP could be conveyed effectively.
He reportedly reiterated that the booth level committees were the crucial link between effort and the result as it is they who finally ensure that the people vote for BJP.
Shah also asked the leaders to draw up plans in such a way that the party functionaries would meet the households in person and explain why they should vote for the BJP.
(Edited by Shauqueen Mizaj)
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