Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi Saturday to launch the BJP’s countrywide membership drive.
“The drive will further connect people from all walksof life with the BJP family. It will strengthen our party,” Modi tweeted.
“On the Jayanti of our inspiration, Dr. Syama PrasadMookerjee, BJP’s membership drive will begin. I will be joining the programmein Kashi to mark the same,” he said.
He will address party workers, besides unveiling a statue offormer Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at the local airport, said a partyfunctionary. The prime minister will also launch a tree-plantation campaign,”Anand Kanan”, in the temple city.
Modi will address around 5,000 party workers at DeendayalUpadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre in Bada Lalpur, where he will launch themembership drive and facilitate some of the party workers.
It will be Modi’s second visit to the constituency afterwinning the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi had visited his constituency on May 27to thank people for keeping faith in his government.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and GovernorRam Naik will receive the prime minister at the Varanasi airport, along withBJP working president J P Nadda and Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey.
Sharing the details of the BJP’s membership drive, itsvice-president Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the party has set a target of addingminimum 20 per cent more workers in its current strength through this drive,which will conclude on August 11. Anyone can become member by giving a missedcall on a mobile number or by filing a form, Chouhan said in a statement.Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will participatein the BJP’s membership drive programme in Jaipur, BJP chief and Home MinisterAmit Shah in Hyderabad and Union Road Minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur.