PM Modi, at BJP membership drive, pitches idea for maximum women’s participation in elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Image Source : YOUTUBE/BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (September 2) launched the BJP’s membership drive – ‘Sanghatan Parva, Sadasyata Abhiyan 2024’ at the party headquarters in the national capital and addressed the party workers. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Health Minister and current party president JP Nadda were present on the occasion besides several other leaders.

PM Modi addresses BJP workers

“Another round of ‘Sadasyata Abhiyan’ is beginning today. From Bharatiya Jana Sangh till now, we have made all possible efforts to being a new political culture in the country. The organisation or political party through which people gives power, that unit, that organisation, that party… if it doesn’t follow democratic values, if internal democracy doesn’t live in it, then situation arises which is faced by several other political parties today,” PM Modi said while addressing the party workers.

The Prime Minister remembered several workers of the party and said, “Several generations have invested their lives into this party, then today the party has made its place in the hearts of the people.”

He recalled his early days into the party and said that he painted Lotus on the walls, but always had faith that Lotus will bloom in people’s hearts.

“When I was not in politics, during the time of Jan Sangh, enthusiastic workers used to paint lamps on walls, and many leaders of other political parties would mockingly say in their speeches that painting lamps on walls would not lead to power. We are the people who painted lotuses on walls with devotion because we believed that the lotus painted on walls would eventually be painted on hearts as well,” he said.

Membership an expansion of family: PM Modi

The Prime Minister said that for the BJP, the membership drive is the expansion of the family. He also pitched an idea for the maximum participation of women in elections.

“This very membership drive isn’t just a ritual. It’s an expansion of our family…It isn’t a game of numbers. It doesn’t matter the numbers we achieve. This membership drive is an ideological and emotional movement,” he said.

“This membership drive and the organizational structure that will be established during this period will coincide with the implementation of 33% reservation in Legislative Assemblies and Parliament. If this 33% reservation for women is to be introduced during this time, then in my membership drive, can we include all those individuals who can help my party ensure that the maximum number of women are elected as MLAs and MPs, thus making this crucial decision a success?” he asked.

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