BJP membership drive tour concludes

The two months second phase statewide BJP membership drive tour to all the districts culminated on February 13 at Mokokchung covering Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Zunheboto and Mokokchung.
The final meeting was chaired by Limawati, District BJP President of Mokokchung, which was attended by senior state party leaders led by the State president Dr. M Chuba Ao.
Yanghose Sangtam, convenor of membership drive, explained in detail the various aspects of the membership drive as applicable to all the party members, the membership targets to be achieved and systematic efforts that was required to achieve the desired results. He said the target of the membership drive was to register 10 crores party memberships several times more than the 6 crores plus memberships of the Communist party of China, the largest political party across the globe.
Till January end, BJP had registered 5 crores 40 lakhs members. He has requested the party supporters to dial 18002662020 to register online through phone or contact the nearest party office or office bearers to register through filled-in registration forms. The last date of registration is March 31.
Jaangsillung Gonmei, convenor of social media for membership drive, presented details on the media aspects of the membership drive highlighting the facebook page www.facebook.com/bjpsocialmedianagaland as the portal wherein any information related to the party’s organization, policy and programmes as well as on membership registration could be obtained.
He informed that no direct registration could be done on this portal but only through phones and filled-in forms of membership booklets already distributed through party office bearers. He has requested every party supporter to log on to   www.facebook.com/bjpsocialmedianagaland and ‘Like’ while interacting with the Social Media Administrators for more information on the party matters.
He said Social Media page is an interactive media portal to disseminate information on the party and membership registration to aid the membership drive.
State BJP president, Dr. M Chuba Ao, and other State party officials addressed the meetings highlighting the party’s policy, programmes and promising aspects under the Prime Minister Modi’s NDA regime.
Dr. M Chuba, speaking on the lines of membership drive, recounted the state’s electoral history and emphasized that the winds of change was blowing in favor of the BJP and therefore welcomed the people to lend their support to BJP by their membership and be a part of a growing partnership of progress on all fronts under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership. He said that a BJP government in the state would be a reality sooner or later.
BJYM State president, Kahoto Chishi, encouraged the youth to take initiatives and register as many youth as possible even in the far flung villages, while the State Kisan president, Lima Longchar, asked the party workers to work hard towards achieving the set target of enrollment by giving full cooperation within the allotted time frame of registration. Co-convenor of membership drive, Er. Sankathung Jami, spoke briefly to enthuse the crowd with vigour for achieving more than what has been set as target.
The scheduled meeting at Tuensang was cancelled in the last hour because of the deteriorating law and order situation. In all the district meetings, several other state party leaders addressed and interacted with the party workers, public leaders and new members eager to join the party.
Among new members who have declared support and registered for BJP were former NCP candidate and office bearers from Mon district and NCP state office bearers from Longleng.
State Secretary (Media) and Convenor, Social Media, Jaangsillung Gonmei, said several hundreds of new party members have been registered in the last two months and the process of registration is still in full swing.
He said every district has registered a quantum jump in membership enrollments since the drive initiated and are nearing their set targets.
Meanwhile, Mon, Longleng and Mokokchung has set 15,300,2000 and 12,500 respectively as membership enrollment targets.