Panaji:

The BJP planned to set up 768 offices of the party across the country of which 563 are ready, BJP president JP Nadda said on Saturday.

Mr Nadda, scheduled to attend the foundation stone laying ceremony of Goa BJP’s headquarters near Panaji, addressed the function via video message.

The foundation stone was laid by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The headquarters will come up on the outskirts of Panaji near a highway connecting the capital city to Old Goa.

The new building would be ready by December 2026, Mr Sawant said.

“After forming the government in Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah took various important decisions related to the government and also the party organisation,” Mr Nadda said.

He said establishing BJP headquarters in every capital city and the party office in each district was one of the key decisions taken by PM Modi and Mr Shah.

“The party decided to construct 768 offices of which 563 are already completed, while work is underway at 96 offices,” Mr Nadda said.

Mr Nadda recalled that the BJP national executive meeting was held in Goa in June 2013 ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

“The National Executive meeting had resolved to throw out the Congress government. After that meeting, the party workers worked hard, due to which Narendra Modi-led government came to power in 2014,” he said.

Talking to reporters, Mr Fadnavis said this was a proud moment for him as a BJP leader.

“For any BJP leader, party office is like a home. I feel the same happiness one would feel while laying the foundation stone for his home,” he said.

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Gwalior:

One person was injured in a firing after supporters of a BJP leader clashed with each other in front of the party’s office in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior city on Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred close to a police outpost in the Maharaj Bada area in the afternoon, an official said.

According to party sources, a fight broke out between supporters of BJP leader Bharat Singh Kushwaha, who is the party’s candidate from the Gwalior seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

“We were notified about the firing near BJ|P office. We rushed the injured man, Dharmendra Singh Gurjar, to a hospital,” Kotwali City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Ayush Gupta told PTI.

Dharmendra Singh Gurjar sustained a bullet injury to his arm, he said.

“The accused Rustam Singh was arrested and a firearm was recovered from him. A probe has been initiated to find out the reason for the clash,” the official said.

A fight broke out between two groups minutes after Bharat Singh Kushwaha left the party office, the groups exchanged blows and one of them opened fire, sources said.

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