The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday began its election strategy push in Punjab with senior leader and national general secretary organisation BL Santosh arriving in the state for a two-day visit.The Tribune had reported two days ago that Santosh would tour poll-bound Punjab with an eye on strengthening the party organisation.Santosh is the topmost link official between the BJP and its “mothership”, the RSS. The position of national general secretary organisation in the BJP hierarchy is the only top post reserved for RSS leaders.Importantly, Santosh was retained in the post during the recent BJP organisational overhaul. He is being accompanied to Punjab by BJP national joint general secretary Saudan Singh, who is in charge of RSS-BJP coordination across the northern states.Santosh will hold zonal meetings across major Punjab districts — Patiala, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar.“Today BL Santosh will chair meetings at Patiala and Bathinda. The Patiala meeting will bring together representatives from Mohali, Patiala North, Patiala Urban, Patiala South, Fatehgarh Sahib and Sangrur, while the Bathinda meeting will cover Barnala, Mansa, Bathinda Rural, Bathinda Urban, Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka and Faridkot,” the BJP said in a statement in Delhi.On Tuesday, the organisational meetings will continue in Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar. The Ludhiana meeting will cover Ludhiana Rural, Ludhiana Urban, Moga, Jagraon, Khanna, Malerkotla and Ropar.The Jalandhar meeting will include Jalandhar North, Jalandhar Urban, Jalandhar South, Hoshiarpur Urban, Hoshiarpur Rural, Nawashahar and Kapurthala.The final zonal meeting will be held in Amritsar, covering Amritsar Urban, Amritsar Rural I and II, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Batala, Pathankot and Ferozepur. A separate meeting with the state general secretaries is also scheduled in Amritsar.The BJP said the two-day organisational programme is aimed at reviewing the party’s organisational functioning across different regions of Punjab and further strengthening coordination and preparedness at the grassroots level.Santosh’s arrival comes close on the heels of the Punjab BJP restructuring, which left several senior leaders miffed. Santosh is expected to pacify them.The BJP has officially said it will contest all 117 seats in Punjab this time.


