BJP looks to ramp up sops as it gears up for yearend assembly elections
BJP will try to manage dissenters by including them in the organisation, raise the scale of welfare measures, conduct surveys by MLAs from other states and clear the list of probable candidates at the earliest for the yearend assembly polls to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. BJP president JP Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah are monitoring the preparations.
Nadda is looking after Rajasthan and Telangana and Shah at Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Taking a cue from Karnataka, the Madhya Pradesh BJP has announced Laadli Behna Yojana, under which ₹1,000 per month would be given to eligible women beneficiaries.
More such measures may be announced. It may announce benefits on LPG gas cylinders too.
BJP's unit in Rajasthan has, similarly, started preparations for poll promises. In Chattisgarh, the BJP is keen on giving some sort of benefit to farmers.
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