<p>Falling short so far, the BJP has entered the fast lane to meet its target of 2,700 corner meetings to be addressed by the party’s 300 parliamentarians. </p>.<p>“In the first week, the party held over 100 corner meetings. But the number of such meetings will increase drastically,” Delhi BJP general secretary Aasish Sood said.<br />He added the party is organising 96 corner meetings to be addressed by its MPs on Monday alone.</p>.<p>Sadhvi not listed </p>.<p>The list has given the name of controversial Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti a miss. Sources, however, said that her schedule is likely to be finalised next week. <br /><br />The public meetings on Monday has been scheduled at places like Nehru Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Bijwasan, Saket, Pratap Nagar, Mandawali, Chittaranjan Park, Sonia Vihar and Mukherjee Nagar. <br /><br />Next week, from Monday to Thursday, the BJP has planned more than 400 corner meetings. “From the next week, with minimum 100 public meetings in a day we will be able to hold over 2,000 meetings by December 20,” Delhi BJP in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Prabhat Jha said, claiming that the party has picked up pace.<br /><br />Earlier, the party had cited logistical and other reason for low of number of corner meetings in the first week of the campaign. But sources also suggest that there is a possibility of the BJP scaling down its target. <br /><br />“The deadline could be extended. But we have to wrap up before the Parliament session concludes on December 23,” a BJP insider said, while adding that the MPs tend to go back to their respective constituencies on weekends. <br /><br />Parliament doesn’t sit on Saturday and Sunday. <br /><br />Gearing up for the Delhi Assembly polls, the party had roped in its MPs to address corner meeting across the city from December 1 to 20.</p>
<p>Falling short so far, the BJP has entered the fast lane to meet its target of 2,700 corner meetings to be addressed by the party’s 300 parliamentarians. </p>.<p>“In the first week, the party held over 100 corner meetings. But the number of such meetings will increase drastically,” Delhi BJP general secretary Aasish Sood said.<br />He added the party is organising 96 corner meetings to be addressed by its MPs on Monday alone.</p>.<p>Sadhvi not listed </p>.<p>The list has given the name of controversial Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti a miss. Sources, however, said that her schedule is likely to be finalised next week. <br /><br />The public meetings on Monday has been scheduled at places like Nehru Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Bijwasan, Saket, Pratap Nagar, Mandawali, Chittaranjan Park, Sonia Vihar and Mukherjee Nagar. <br /><br />Next week, from Monday to Thursday, the BJP has planned more than 400 corner meetings. “From the next week, with minimum 100 public meetings in a day we will be able to hold over 2,000 meetings by December 20,” Delhi BJP in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Prabhat Jha said, claiming that the party has picked up pace.<br /><br />Earlier, the party had cited logistical and other reason for low of number of corner meetings in the first week of the campaign. But sources also suggest that there is a possibility of the BJP scaling down its target. <br /><br />“The deadline could be extended. But we have to wrap up before the Parliament session concludes on December 23,” a BJP insider said, while adding that the MPs tend to go back to their respective constituencies on weekends. <br /><br />Parliament doesn’t sit on Saturday and Sunday. <br /><br />Gearing up for the Delhi Assembly polls, the party had roped in its MPs to address corner meeting across the city from December 1 to 20.</p>
