PM Modi to address BJP national-office bearers meet today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a meeting of BJP national office-bearers at the NDMC Convention Centre in Delhi at 10 am today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a meeting of BJP national office-bearers at the NDMC Convention Centre in Delhi at 10 am today.

PM Modi will be a part of this meeting which will be the first get-together of the BJP national office-bearers since the coronavirus pandemic began.

As per sources, BJP president JP Nadda, other office-bearers of the party at the national level, besides its state unit chiefs will attend the meeting.

BJP's chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said in a statement that Modi will inaugurate the meeting and address it.

The meeting comes as the party gears up for the Assembly polls in five states, including the high-profile West Bengal election, where it is in a direct contest with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Today’s meeting assumes significance as it comes amid fierce protests by a section of farmers in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh against the three new farm laws.

The farmer union leaders have been trying to spread their agitation in other parts of the country while stepping up their attack on the Modi government.

Key organisational meetings held on Saturday

On Saturday, the BJP also held some key organisational meetings on the eve of the first physical meeting of its new set of national office-bearers.

JP Nadda chaired meetings of the party's national general secretaries and also general secretaries (organisation) of states.

Party leaders deliberated upon the agenda of the Sunday's meeting, and organisational work undertaken by state units, including poll campaign in election-bound states, were also reviewed, sources said.

The BJP is also readying for the assembly polls in five states, including West Bengal, which has been eyed by the saffron organisation as its next big prize as its footprint spreads across the country.

These national official-bearers were appointed last year after Nadda took over as party president, and no physical meeting could be held so far due to the COVID-19 outbreak.