Under Shah, the party became the world's "largest political party" as its membership grew from less than 3 crore to more than 11 crore and won in four of the six states where it fought the assembly elections.
Though he has faced flak for the crushing defeats the party suffered in Delhi and Bihar, BJP said that it was not in power in any of the six states and it succeeded in having its chief ministers in Maharashtra and Haryana for the first time.
"In the last 18 months, Shah travelled an average of more than 495 km every single day and covered 2,65,600 km across the length and breadth of the country," it said.
51-year-old Shah also started direct contact with party
Under his tenure, training camps were held for workers for the first time on a grand scale at national, state, district and block levels, the party said, noting that while earlier only 3500 workers on an average participated in these camps annually, more than 725000 workers joined the camps in 2015 due to his "perseverance".
The statement said that as part of measures to ensure best practices in the party, he "discouraged" use of private planes for travel, other than during elections and also followed it.
He held as many as 176 rallies.
The membership drive, which was driven by optimum use of information technology, ensured "complete transparency" and fake membership was weeded out.
"During the membership drive, special attention was paid to seven states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal where BJP has been traditionally weak. The response to membership drive from these states was encouraging, which indicates towards party's bright future," it said.
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