Shah urges Bengal BJP leaders to pull up socks

Kolkata: BJP national president Amit Shah, on Wednesday reprimanded leaders in Bengal for not organising the party in 35 percent of the booths.

There are 77,304 booths in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. He has asked the leaders to pull up their socks and take necessary measures to organise the party in the booth level.

He has also asked them to explain how the party can win 22 of the Lok Sabha seats in Bengal. The state BJP unit had earlier sent a list of 22 seats, where they are expecting party candidates to win in the Lok Sabha election scheduled to be held in 2019.

Shah has come on a two day visit to Bengal. He held a meeting with party leaders and workers at Sarat Sadan in Howrah in the afternoon.

The BJP leader has set up a target of winning 50 percent of the Lok Sabha seats in 2019. BJP now has two seats, namely Asansol and Darjeeling. Babul Supriyo and S S Ahluwalia were elected from the seats in 2014.

BJP has launched a programme to reach important personalities coming from different walks of life, to make them aware of the steps taken by the Narendra Modi government.

The party leaders have already approached film actors, theatre personalities and litterateurs and talked with them in this regard.

Shah will visit Tarapith Temple on Thursday and will meet leaders and workers in Birbhum district.