‘Mission 2004’ dominates BJP brainstorm meet

‘‘As the people had given the BJP a limited mandate, we will seek 300 seats (absolute majority) next time. The battle cry in the elections would be good governance and development and not Hindutva,’’ party president M. Venkaiah Naidu told reporters at the end of the two-day national convention.

The conference, chaired by Naidu, discussed in detail issues that had to be raised in the run-up to the elections, not only in the four states going in for Assembly elections (MP, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh), but also for the realisation of Mission 2004 — riding back to power at Delhi with a clear majority.

At the end of the session it was decided that the party would hold its executive at Raipur from July 18 to 20 to take stock of the situation and speed up preparation for the poll battles that lie ahead.

Several issue that have to be raised by the party have been listed. They include the need for anti-conversion law and scrapping of Illegal Migration Detention Tribunal Act (IMDT), ban on cow slaughter, inter-linking of rivers and providing reservation for economically backward sections.

The message for partymen was: Think progressively, assert ideologically and campaign aggressively. They were asked to educate people on party policies and touch every household in the country by the end of the year to gauge the pulse of people.