‘Fight polls on pro-poor plank’: PM Modi tells BJP | Latest News India
Winning 370 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general election will be a fitting tribute to the sacrifices made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ideologue and Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, as he urged party members to build the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign around his government’s development and pro-poor initiatives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with defence minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president JP Nadda at Bharat Mandapam on Saturday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo) The PM, who is aiming for a third term in office, was addressing a meeting of BJP office bearers at the start of the ruling party’s two-day national convention. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Explore now! Briefing the media about the PM’s address, BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said that PM told party members that the BJP’s poll symbol— the lotus — will represent its candidates on all 543 seats in the elections due this summer. “…370 is not merely a number for the Bharatiya …