'Shah asked each Maha BJP minister to adopt a constituency'

BJP chief Amit Shah, during his recent cisit to the city, asked all ministers from Maharashtra to adopt one constituency each where the party was not strong, a senior state minister said today.
He said Shah had also asked the party MLAs to increase rapport with people as "the Modi wave would not always help them to win elections".
"Shah's visit was completely dedicated to party organisation. He just asked us how many schemes from our department are proving to be beneficial for the common man and whether we are taking regular reviews on implementation of those schemes," the minister said.

The constituencies where party organisation was weak and did not have any MLA or Lok Sabha MPs would now have more focus according to the plan discussed at the meeting with Shah, the minister said.
He said the ministers would be made to adopt a constituency each to make the party strong.
"We will now have to dedicate four days a month to the adopted constituencies. Who should adopt which constituency would be decided by the party, Shah has instructed," the minister added.

Another minister said Shah gave party workers and the ministers a great deal of clarity on what was expected out of the organisation and what were the things to be done by those in the government.

When one of the party leaders tried to pursue with Shah an issue that was pending with a Union minister, Shah asked the leader to pursue it with the concerned minister and not the party organisation, he claimed.
As per the minister, to strengthen the party structure till the booth level, grassroot workers would be made 'page pramukh'.
"They would be responsible for developing a rapport with voters on a single page of a voters' list. The 'page pramukh' will have to develop a system to get introduced to each and every voter on the list given to him," he said.

"That party worker would be expected to develop closeness with the families and understand whether they have all basic things like the ration card, AADHAR card with them.
"What are the government schemes that they are benefiting from, schemes they are eligible for etc. And there would also be a mechanism of instruction and feedback to keep the system rolling," the minister said.