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TopicMembership drive

Topic: Membership drive

Why even BJP MPs, MLAs are struggling to meet enrolment targets as UP membership drive hits roadblocks

The party has set targets for leaders to achieve by 15 October when the drive ends. Some leaders have hired private agencies to enlist new members.

Congress membership drive strongest in Telangana, Karnataka; lacklustre in poll-bound Gujarat

The two states account for 23 per cent of the new Congress recruits, The Print has learnt. But here's why the party shouldn't gloat just yet.

Congress membership drive in Goa ends up a dud, only 2,600 new recruits in 2 months

Though the response in Goa has been poor, Congress plans to expand the pilot digital membership project to three districts of Gujarat and four of UP.

BJP adds 17 lakh members in Delhi as polls near, hopes to topple Kejriwal’s AAP govt

The BJP had set a target of 10 lakh new members to add to its existing base of 14 lakh. The party has been out of power in Delhi since 1998.

In a first, BJP to carry out on-spot verification of those signing up to be a member

BJP says move will ensure state units do not inflate the number of people joining the party, and that only genuine individuals are registered as members.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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