BJP eyes expansion in South India with national executive in Hyderabad on July 2-3

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning a massive expansion in South India with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The party has set a target of winning 100 seats in Lok Sabha from the five southern states of the country.

National executive of the party will be held in Hyderabad on July 2-3. Among those scheduled to attend are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda and several union ministers.

This will be the first such physical meeting of the BJP after the Covid 19 pandemic which is bring held outside the national capital, sources said.

With focus on southern expansion Bharatiya Janata Party's councillors and senior functionaries from Telangana are scheduled to meet Prime minister Narendra Modi in the national capital today.

Over the past few months BJP president JP Nadda has also visited several southern states including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala repeatedly in an effort to strengthen the party organization.

 BJP's Southern plans

The party feels that it has ample scope of expansion in South India. Hence it has deputed senior leaders like CT Ravi, Tarun Chugh, V Muraleedharan, Sunil Deodhar and Arun Singh as state in charges.

Currently the BJP has a strong base in Karnataka. And is aiming to expand in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

While the party is trying to emerge as the principal opposition party in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh it is trying to forge an alliance in Tamil Nadu for expanding its base. In Kerala the going has been particularly tough for the BJP with several of its cadre being violently attacked and killed by its opponents.

The move to secure more seats from South India was prompted after senior leadership felt that the party had reached its saturation point of winning Lok Sabha seats in the North Indian states.

With aggressive stance being taken on several issues like Sri Lanka Tamil problem in Tamil Nadu, anti Tipu Sultan and Hijab in Karnataka, anti dynasty issue in Telangana and Andhra, and anti conversion issue in Kerala, the BJP hopes 2024 Lok Sabha polls would open its Southern Indian fortunes.