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     Rbabu Comedian Username: Rbabu Post Number: 1497 Registered: 09-2013 Posted From: 24.211.170.243 Rating: N/A |
Amit Shah ni AP ki incharge cheyyali | ||
| Chiru_fan Hero Username: Chiru_fan Post Number: 19441 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 72.81.225.188 Rating: N/A |
Raju bhayya, very true... What he did was just outstanding... Master strokes CHIRU - SACHIN - FEDERER | ||
| Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 30835 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.185.6.172 Rating: N/A |
Lal salam is history re | ||
| Chiru_fan Hero Username: Chiru_fan Post Number: 19440 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 72.81.225.188 Rating: N/A |
Veediki lal salaam.... Awesome job! CHIRU - SACHIN - FEDERER | ||
| Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 30834 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.185.6.172 Rating: N/A |
Full article here: http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election -results-2014-the-story-of-71/80-how-amit-shah-swept-uttar-p radesh-for-bjp/articleshow/35222119.cms | ||
| Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 30833 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.185.6.172 Rating: N/A |
But Shah inherited an almost comatose organisation. "We were not in power in UP for 17 years," said Shah. Another party leader pointed out that there was neither a strong state leadership nor a credible local face. Further, almost 42% of the voters comprising Dalits, Yadavs and Muslims tend not to be natural BJP voters. "Our catchment area was only 58% and our vote share had been declining over the years," said Shah. | ||
| Thikka_sankara Hero Username: Thikka_sankara Post Number: 11634 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 122.164.226.16 Rating: N/A |
chaalaa pakkaga kottadu.... athadu lo dialogue is very apt.... evadaina kopangaa kodathaadu leda balamga kodataaadu.... aadentraa chaala paddathi gaa kottadu... keka link: fikileaks, | ||
| Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 30832 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 24.185.6.172 Rating: N/A |
Shah divided the seats into 21 clusters comprising of three to five seats each and devised distinctive strategies for these clusters. Above the clusters, there were eight zones.  To reach out to the maximum people in a short time, the party conducted programmes in 13,000 college campuses to register volunteers. "We had 800 full-time volunteers below the age of 30... largely fresh recruits," said the aide quoted earlier. More than 450 GPS-installed 'Modi' vans with campaign material and a 16-minute video were dispatched to the socalled dark zone in the state—areas that do not have access to any form of media. Shah met initial resistance from statelevel leaders. "People would meet him and say you are an outsider and what do you know about the state. He would say, nothing but you can teach me. Being an outsider helped him take decisions objectively and in the best interest of the party," said a leader who has worked with Shah. Minor but symbolic changes introduced by Shah include encouraging veteran leaders to access the Internet and changing a hierarchical classroom style seating to a more democratic roundtable style. Shah himself told ET that he had decided to keep his ego aside while working on the UP gameplan. "Ego matters when both have it," Shah said. Shortly after taking charge, Shah conducted day-long meetings in groups with the party's MLA and MP candidates who had lost elections previously to know the reasons for their defeat. "It's more important to know why we lost elections," said a close aide of Shah. That helped him strengthen systems, whether it was distribution of resources or planning rallies. To build crowd strength for Modi's rallies, it was decided these should draw people from a radius of 175 km. Also, one Bolero that could ferry 10 people per booth was the target set by Shah. There are a little over 1 lakh booths in UP. This helped in gathering large crowds that helped consolidate media perceptions of a Modi wave. "Every rally, be it of Modiji or other leaders was planned systematically. For every Modi rally, we ensured that three assembly segments were covered. Similarly, other leaders were sent to areas where we weren't very strong. ," said the leader quoted earlier. After every public meeting or a Modi rally, feedback was solicited and the number of attendees was cross-checked given the tendency of party workers to exaggerate. The cross-checking was done through a call centre that was set up at the party's headquarters in Lucknow. "Verifying details was necessary to get an accurate assessment of ground reality so that we could fine-tune our campaign," said Shah who spent almost every day, except for a week or so, in the state after elections were announced. Shah carried out extensive due diligence on every candidate before finalizing names and was ruthless during ticket distribution. The criteria was simple: deny tickets to those who had contested but never won elections since lack of success was evidence of their unpopularity and give tickets to those who belonged to the constituency as they would be approachable. Social engineering or social equations was also taken into account. The party, therefore, gave the largest chunk, 28 out of 80 tickets to OBCs, 19 to Brahmins and 17 to Thakurs. Tickets were also given to representatives of backward communities such as Nishad, Bind and Khushwaha who don't dominate a particular constituency but are present in large numbers along the Ganges to help consolidate votes across constituencies. Shah is now planning a document that will act as a template as the party expands its base in states where it is yet to make a mark, particularly in east and south India. |
