Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis comes down heavily on warring BJP leaders

Sounding a warning that the BJPrsquos situation would be like the Congress if its leaders forgot that they too are party workers Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis outlined the next course of action for the BJP to go full steam to win a majority in the next Assembly and also bag maximum seats in the Lok Sabha electionsFadnavis was speaking at the concluding function of the party state unitrsquos twoday executive committee conclave in Nashik on Saturday The conclave focused primarily on strengthening the organisation and shifting the votes that have eluded it so far to its side in 2024Negating the Oppositionrsquos narrative that the government would fall soon Fadnavis gave the party executives confidence that the NDArsquos Maharashtra government was here to stay because ldquoit was a constitutional one and the Supreme Court would definitely deliver a verdict in its favourrdquoldquoOur government will not only complete the term but also come back with a thumping majority The BJPBalasahebanchi Sena alliance will win record seats next yearrdquo he added However he said the missionmdashMahavijay Abhiyaanmdashwould succeed only when the party workers act as a bridge between the government and the voters ldquoYou are our setu bridge you are our messengers We will exceed the target of 150 and win 200 seats if you put effortsrdquoAlso read Democracy was cremated in Lok Sabha CongressFadnavis also appealed to the ldquoaspirantsrdquo to sacrifice the uncontrolled ambition ldquoYou may have to wait for the next two years to get what you wish Irsquom asking for your cooperation hard work and time for the partyrdquo he urgedHe also asked the workers to not fly high over successive electoral success and shed ego ldquoWe are used to wining but every loss must be introspected and the mistakes correctedrdquo he added in reference to the partyrsquos defeat in the Amravati MLC polls in which faction feud is said to the main reason for the debacle ldquoAround 5000 votes which actually polled for the BJP were invalid Leaders are expected to behave like leaders but they should not let the party worker in them die Do you know why the Congress failed It was because of the leaders The BJP will also become like the Congress if its leaders do not behave like workers and accommodate othersrdquoTarget 45 MPs 150 MLAsState BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the delegates that the party was working to win 45 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats and 150 out of 288 seats the next year He appealed to the leaders to get the Congressrsquos lower level workers to the BJPrsquos side in order to weaken the centuryold party furtherAccording to sources the BJP has identified weak areas in the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats it hasnrsquot won so far or lost in the past Other aspect that the BJP has been working on is to make the Shiv Senarsquos core voters understand that the Uddhav Thackerayled party has compromised Hindutva that was proclaimed by the party founder the late Balasaheb ThackerayFocus on organisationThe twoday conclave worked on the organisational aspect of the party from the state unit to the booth level all crucial to its election machineryAbout 700 delegates including ministers MLAs MPs and heads of district units were asked to be more active on social media Along with pictures of events they attend the leaders were asked to post the governmentrsquos decisions taken on that particular day The delegates were briefed about the Centre and state schemes that directly and indirectly impact the peoplersquos lives and asked to create awareness about themA few resolutions were also passed at the conclave