Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Council meet being held in New Delhi over the weekend, Prime Minister Modi told BJP office bearers that winning 370 seats in the next Lok Sabha election, a figure he had mentioned in his speech in Parliament more than a week ago “will be a true tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee”, the Jan Sangh founder who was resolutely against Article 370. PM Modi added that the party’s candidate in each seat would be “kamal ka phool” (the lotus flower - the party’s symbol) and not any individual face.
Prime Minister Modi’s government had, in August 2019 abolished Article 370 which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP’s national office-bearers were also told by Prime Minister Modi his speech that every booth worker “should now focus on polling booths and ensure at least 370 more votes for the party at each” in the upcoming election compared to that in 2019.
