Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intends to establish itself as the largest political party in the world, in terms of number of members, after March 31, according to Muralidhara Rao, National General Secretary of the party.
Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Monday, Rao said that the party has begun a campaign to enroll members. “After March 31, we intend to establish as largest political party, even beating Communist Party of China, in membership,” he said.
The number of members, who enrolled in the campaign, has already crossed 1-crore mark, he said.
Stating that the party will go to the doorsteps of those who have enrolled as members, he said the process of this verification will begin after March 31.
The party witnessed a massive support from voters in the Lok Sabha elections, and a majority of the voters were youths. The membership campaign is an initiative to convert those supporters into voters.
Rao said that most political parties in the country have become family-run parties, and no political party has got internal democracy. In this situation, BJP is positioned as an important party available to them, he said.
The party is highly focused on states such as West Bengal, Assam and Orissa, and southern states, he said. BJP is also becoming aggressive in Karnataka, as it is an important state feeding Congress and its ideas, he added.