Ranchi: The Lalu Prasad-led RJD is trying to expand its vote base and strengthen its organisational structure in Jharkhand with its state in-charge and former Union minister Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav saying the party will soon take up a massive membership drive.
Yadav, who is on a three-day visit to the state, said he would attend district-level meetings of his party in Dhanbad and Deoghar.
Speaking to media persons at the state guest house here, Yadav said his focus is on reviewing the status of the party and take measures to improve it. He said RJD aims to build its organisation from the booth to the district level across the state.
He said, “So far, reports from many districts on the party’s organisational strength were not satisfactory and instructions have been issued to improve them. However, there are regions like Palamu and Kodema where the party is going strong.”
Yadav said a review of the membership drive and ways to increase its mass base will also be undertaken at the upcoming party meetings. He further said the party would raise issues its workers are facing in the Koyalanchal (Dhanbad) meeting to win over their support and redressal of local problems as well as burning issues in the state.
On the mahagathbandhan government in which RJD is a part, Yadav said it is performing well under the leadership of chief minister Hemant Soren. Recently, a delegation of the party met Soren at his official residence and congratulated him for the work done during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier, the state RJD leadership had said they want the party to perform better in future elections and play a vital role in the formation and running of the government.