Suvendu Adhikari urges grassroots push ahead of 2026 West Bengal polls
Suvendu Adhikari
on Thursday emphasized on the need of booth-level strengthening and door-to door outreach, instead of overwhelming dependence on social media, and
Hindu vote
rekindling across the state.
Adhikari said in 2021, 68% Hindus voted and BJP will have to increase it to 80%, in order to bridge the 4-5% gap to victory.
Adhikari said that 50 lakhs members have been added since October 27. Among them, 50,000 were adult members. 'Yet we have not met the target,' he added.
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In a detailed description on how the booth level workers and youth , who directly work for the party, at the grassroot levels, were tortured and harassed, Adhikari said, 'After 2021 polls, one lakh BJP workers became homeless while 57 BJP activists became martyrs. It was due to the impact of post-poll violence which followed the 2021 assembly polls.'
However, the organizational network was rebuilt after that in the last several months. 'BJP's primary membership drive was done with photos of the candidates and all electronic data,' Adhikari pointed out.
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Guiding the party workers about the state-wide outreach, Adhikari said, 'The party's work and activities should not be Kolkata-centric. It should spread from Digha to Darjeeling. Common people should be part of it. Local level workers and party activists should be more active. Hindu population should be part of the drive,' Suvendu Adhiakri said.
Adhikari said that Malda, Murshidabad to Maheshtala, women's safety has been at stake. "Women's safety is at stake in Bengal and women and daughter's safety is at stake," Adhikari said.
Adhikari gave a call to oust the
Mamata Banerjee government
and said in last elections 68% Hindus voted for BJP and it should be increased to 80 percent.
'We have formed governments in Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan and kept our promises in those states. We will keep such promises if voted to power in this state,' Adhikari said, adding that BJP had lost 12 seats due to cross voting by the CPI-M in 2024.
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