BJP's 'golden era' will arrive when it rules from 'Panchayat to Parliament': Shah

The executive meeting comes against the backdrop of BJP's landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Bhubaneswar, April 16: BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday cautioned party leaders against complacency, saying it is yet to reach the peak as he rolled out plans for its expansion in states where it has been traditionally weak.

In his inaugural address at the BJP's two-day national executive, he also asserted that the party's 'golden era' would arrive when it rules across the country, from panchayats to Parliament.

Top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were in attendance as he asked the organisation to resolve for victory in the next round of assembly elections due in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka.

Laying down his ambitious growth plan for the party in south and eastern India, Shah said that he will spend 95 days touring the country to meet party leaders and workers and asked senior leaders and union ministers to give 15 days to strengthen the organisation while speaking about its growth prospects in states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Odisha.

"The BJP is yet to reach its peak. Its golden era will arrive when it rules from panchayat to assemblies across the country and Parliament. The BJP should have governments in states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and other North-Eastern states," he said.

Hitting out at the Left government in Kerala over the killing of the BJP and RSS workers allegedly by communist cadres, he said "that his party will continue to oppose it peacefully and ensure that the 'lotus blooms' there as well as Tripura, another Left-ruled state."

PTI