Bengaluru: The BJP's two-day National Executive meeting began in Bengaluru on Friday. Party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to address the meeting today.
The prime focus of the meeting will be on expanding the party base in states will minimal presence, and reaching out to farmers to explain the land bill in detail in order to highlight its benefits.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari makes power point presentation at BJP's national executive meet in Bengaluru, on how the government's controversial land bill is better than the UPA's land acquisition law.
A team of national and state-level leaders of the BJP to travel across the country as part of outreach programme on the land bill.
At BJP's Big Bengaluru Meet, a Power Point Look at Land ReformsThe BJP's two-day national executive meeting began this morning in Bengaluru with party president Amit Shah addressing the gathering of top leaders. He praised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre saying it has provided 10 months of corruption-free governance.
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Amit Shah praises Modi governments achievements, says it has given a corruption-free 10 months of governance.
The conclave will also finalise strategy on the land bill, the government's key economic reform which aims to make land purchases easier for industrial corridors, roads, ports, power stations, among other infrastructure projects.
The meet will be focused around the Prime Minister and on boosting brand Modi as the party gets ready for crucial elections in states like Bihar and West Bengal.
Senior leaders say the two-day conclave will be used to find ways to retain and expand the 17 crore votes the BJP polled in the May 2014 national elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy and other achievements and the BJP's win in several state elections will be toasted.
The meeting of the recently-revamped National Executive will be preceded by the Office-Bearers' meeting in Bengaluru today.
An address by the Prime Minister is scheduled for the last day. Party leader LK Advani and BJP President Mr Shah are also expected to speak at the meeting.
"We will be adopting an action plan to expand the party's base...particularly seven states - Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala," BJP General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao told reporters in Bengaluru.
Besides its 111 members, some permanent and special invitees of the National Executive, including chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states, state presidents, and all former chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP will also be present at the two-day meet.
The conclave will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will be in Bengaluru for three days, party President Amit Shah, and other top leaders, like LK Advani.
At BJP's National Executive meeting tomorrow focus on land bill, expanding party base.
BJP State leaders inspect the preparation for the National Executive meeting in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
BJP's National Executive meeting to begin tomorrow.