BJP president Nadda chairs meeting of party general secretaries

Party sources said the leaders took stock of the ongoing organisational and election-related exercises across the country

Days ahead of the party’s national executive, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the party's general secretaries to firm up the agenda of the upcoming meet and to discuss several organisational matters.

Present at the meeting were general secretaries B L Santhosh, Arun Singh, Dushyant Gautam, Sunil Bansal, Dilip Saikia, CT Ravi, D Purandeshwari, Vinod Tawde, and Tarun Chugh.

The upcoming Assembly elections, especially the polls in three Northeastern states which will be held next month – Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura – were in focus during the discussions that went on for over seven hours, a senior leader part of the meeting told DH.

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The party’s preparations for the elections in other key states, including Karnataka, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, were discussed as well.

The party’s Lok Sabha pravas program, where union ministers, central leaders and legislators are sent to spend a night or two in key constituencies was up for review as well.

The party’s focus on booth strengthening, especially in over 160 seats that it has earmarked for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, also featured during the talks.

Preparations for the national executive, scheduled to be held in New Delhi on January 16 and 17, was also taken up, as well as tasks that were given to the general secretaries, sources said.

The party is keen on playing up India's G20 presidency, especially in a pre-election year, and is expected to pass two key resolutions – one on political developments and another on economic matters at the national executive.

A review of the party’s preparations for the Assembly elections in these states, as well as the 2024 general elections is set in store.