‘Enough potential’ for BJP in Kerala: Amit Shah after three-day-tour
BJP president Amit Shah today wound up his three-day Kerala visit with a call to the party workers to strive hard to “utilise the space” in the southern state’s political arena, saying there was “enough potential” for the saffron party’s growth there.
Addressing a series of meetings of BJP workers and office-bearers, he said there was enough potential for the party’s growth in the state, which was being ruled by the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) alternately.
The BJP chief exhorted the workers to ensure an increase in the vote share of the party in Kerala from the present 15 per cent to a “minimum of 40 per cent”, which, he said was “essential” for a poll victory in a three-cornered contest. He also called for “professionalism” within the party.
Earlier, Shah laid the foundation stone of the new BJP office here and described it as an “equal to the foundation stone for the formation of a BJP-led government in Kerala”. He also ate breakfast at the house of a grassroot-level BJP worker.
In a bid to reach out to the members of the Christian community in Kerala, Shah had met the heads of the Syro …read more
