Amit Shah to address Tripura BJP functionaries on Jan 5

BJP national president Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Tripura on January 5 to address a conference of party functionaries here.

Addressing a press meet here, Pratima Bhowmik, the party's state general secretary, said on Wednesday that Shah will arrive at Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Airport in Agartala in the afternoon.

"During his visit here, he (Shah) will address a conference-cum-mass gathering of 42,000 'panna pramukh' and other functionaries at Swami Vivekanada Maidan," Bhowmik said.

The 'panna pramukh' or page in-charge is the first point of contact for most voters in a BJP machinery.

The party assigns a page of the electoral roll each to a 'panna pramukh', who then maintains regular contacts with the voters who have found a mention in that sheet.

The grass root party workers are known to have played crucial roles before Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.