The Bharatiya Janata Party’s membership drive in West Bengal that started on July 6 touched the 50 lakh target on Sunday and the party’s state leadership is now aiming to double the number. The national leadership of the saffron camp added another 10 lakh to the target of their West Bengal counterpart on Monday. The state party leaders said they would achieve it within a couple of days.
The BJP started a nationwide membership drive from July which will continue till August 11. The party decided to intensify the drive with its 18 MPs after the session in Parliament is over on August 7.“The MPs will be visiting their constituencies in last four days, from August 8. We are expecting a massive response from the common people and we will meet the target of 1 crore members,” said a senior BJP leader in Kolkata.