Punjab BJP to start 2017 assembly poll planning from Saturday

Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla has called a series of Bharatiya Janata Party meetings over the weekend (August 27 and 28) here to discuss strategy for the 2017 assembly elections.

Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla has called a series of Bharatiya Janata Party meetings over the weekend (August 27 and 28) here to discuss strategy for the 2017 assembly elections.

Party’s national vice-president and Punjab organisation in-charge Prabhat Jha will attend these meetings.

“On Saturday (August 27), the BJP’s state office-bearers, district presidents, general secretaries, and morcha (yuva, mahila, Scheduled Caste, and kisan) presidents from all 117 constituencies will assemble,” state BJP secretary Vineet Joshi said here on Friday.

“On Sunday (August 28), legislators and halqa in-charges of 23 seats will sit with Jha and Sampla. Representatives of different civic bodies, corporations, boards, commissions, and improvement trusts will be part of it.