PM Modi will flag membership drive from Varanasi on July 06: Shivraj Chouhan

New Delhi, July 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a membership drive from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on July 06, told Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is the chairman of the drive, said, "Party will organise special membership drive nationwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag the campaign from Varanasi". A target of 50 per cent increase in membership was set for states like Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Currently, BJP has about 11 crore members and the party is planning to increase the number by at least 20 per cent.