13 Lakh People From Assam Have Joined BJP In A Week, Claims Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Thirteen lakh people have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a week since the launch of a membership drive in Assam, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, 09 September 2024. The number will surpass the figure registered in the previous year, he said.

“The membership drive commenced on September 2 and within this one-week time, around 13 lakh members have joined the BJP. We're confident that this time we'll indubitably exceed the previous year’s membership figure, which changed into 18 lakh,” the Assam Chief Minister told the media.

He mentioned that till September 25, the membership can be done through missed calls to a chosen number.

“If we get an beyond regular time after September 25, the birthday party functionaries will start a manual membership drive also. Our birthday party workers will assist in filling the membership forms through pen and paper mode,” CM Sarma said.

He also urged the people to enroll in the BJP for the duration of the membership drive.

Meanwhile, taking a dig at Congress, Sarma said that the Congress as the opposition has set a target of winning at least Eighty out of 126 seats in the following Assembly polls.

“All parties should step in to contest the polls and there just won't ever be any objection. My best wishes to them,” Sarma said.

Sarma, nevertheless, refused to touch upon Ripun Bora, who quit the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and joined the Congress again.

“One leader had long gone to the Trinamool Congress from Congress, and now he has returned to the Congress again. Here, the BJP is now not occupied with the image and hence I should now not touch upon the improvement,” he said.

Ripun Bora quit the Trinamool Congress, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, questioning her leadership role in regards to the birthday party’s expansion in Assam, and joined the Congress on Sunday, September 8.

(With IANS inputs)