Bhopal, Aug 21 (TIWN) With around 15 months left for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have geared up to strengthen their district and block level party cadres.

This week, both the national parties will hold meetings of their district level leaders and workers. While the BJP has decided to hold a three-day (August 24 to 26) training session at Hill station Pachmarhi, the Congress has called its district level party workers and their in-charges at party headquarters on August 25.       Sources told IANS that after the loss of nine mayoral posts in the recently concluded municipal elections, the state BJP leadership has decided to take its cadre out of Bhopal for a training session. During the session, district presidents and the leaders who were in-charges of a particular district, will submit their reports with reasons for loss in the elections.  Sources also said that after the local body elections, the BJP's local workers have expressed their disappointment and alleged that the district in-charges and district presidents did not pay any heed to the grievances of the local workers. Many workers had approached party president V.D. Sharma in Bhopal and demanded an immediate action in the matter.