The BJP Membership Campaign has been launched in Odisha today.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi received his membership to mark the beginning of the campaign.
Besides CM Majhi, BJP State President Manmohan Samal, Deputy CM KV Singh Deo, State In-Charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar, Union Minister Jual Oram also graced the occasion.
Odisha Cabinet Ministers, Lok Sabha MPs and MLAs as well as leaders also received the membership to officially kickoff the BJP Membership Drive in the state.
State In-Charge Tomar, on the other hand, has instructed all the party workers to carry out the campaign work building temporary booths near Railway Station, Bus Stand, outside the colleges. The party workers have been given a target of registering 400 members in every booth per day.
CM Majhi has said that the party has a target of one crore registration in the BJP Membership Drive. "We must try to achieve our our goal of one crore membership in Odisha," said CM Majhi.
A number (8800002024) has also been issued by BJP party as interested people can become a part of the saffron party with just a call.
The BJP State President said that there are about 42 lakh members of BJP in Odisha. "We had got about 40-45 per cent votes in the recently-concluded elections," said Manmohan Samal.
The 'BJP Membership Drive' will take place in two phases with the first one to be continued till September 25, while the second phase is scheduled to take place from October 2-15.