BJP workers ready to stengthen the party in East and South: Amit Shah(video)

Ahmedabad, 11 July 2014

BJP’s new national president Amit Shah in his speech at Ahmedabad airport today evening said BJP has yet to emerge as a strong party in eastern and southern Indian states. He said BJP workers are ready to strengthen the party in north-east and south India from booth to state level.

Shah delivered perhaps his first public address after becoming party president today in Ahmedabad. This was Shah’s first visit to city after becoming party’s national president. He delivered his speech in Gujarati after state BJP president’s RC Faldu and Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s speeches.

Shah said BJP workers have yet to do much. They need to visit every home and ensure BJP’s presence where it is not present as of now.

Shah said it is now out responsibility to give stable government for long time.

“Our task is not over as we form government, our task has actually started with it,” he said.

Shah told party workers that their role has changed now. They have to become a link between government and people. They have to bring government schemes to people.

Shah assured party workers that he would take care that even one moment of his life doesn’t pass without thinking about party’s development.

Shah said Gujarat has elected BJP from panchayat to parliament and broken all records. The acceptance, party received in recent elections wsa so well that others may need to go to independence era to match it.

He said it is for the first time that a non-Congress government has been formed in centre by one party with clear majority.

Shah said the era of non-Congress rule and Narendra Modi’s rule has just started and India achieve ‘Param Vaibhav’ and ‘Vishwa Guru’ status.

Shah praised recent budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. He said it is challenge to give speed to nation’s progress again.

“Narendra Modi has capacity to imagine, sharp mind to plan and strength to covert the plan into reality,” he added.

Shah recalled support he received from Gujarat BJP workers, and his entire party cadre nationally during his “testing time”. He specifically admired the trust party workers continued to put in him during his “testing time”.

Shah said he was a small booth worker in BJP and today he has become the national president of party. This can only happen in this political party, he said. Shah said he was fortunate to hold a responsibility which was once with legends like Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Dindayal Upadhyay, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Shri Lal Krishna Advani.

Shah thanked party workers to come in big number in short notice to Ahmedabad airport to welcome him. He said He was not in favor of this event, but sate organizational general secretary Bhikhubhai Dalsania insisted to hold it.

Shah said, on way to Ahmedabad, he was in plane recalling his journey from party’s small booth worker to national president.