BJP’s national executive meet to discuss Assembly polls, Budget
BJP’s two-day national executive meeting which commenced here on Saturday is likely to place a special focus on the Assembly polls in four states and in the Union Territory of Puducherry, current political situation and on how to publicise the different pro-poor and pro-farmer schemes of the Modi government among the masses.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-03-19 19:41 GMT
New Delhi
BJP president Amit Shah inaugurated the party’s two-day national executive meeting which is being held at NDMC Convention Centre. Shah was holding the meeting with the party’s national office bearers.
The BJP president was expected to deliver his presidential address on Saturday evening, party sources said. The raging debate on nationalism triggered by the JNU Afzal Guru event, will also occupy a fair part of deliberations at the party executive meeting, according to the sources.
The participants will also deliberate on how the benefits of the schemes announced in the Union Budget should reach the common man and the people at the grassroots level, a party official said.
The Assembly elections in four states of Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and in the Union Territory of Puducherry will be held from April 4 to May 16.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget for 2016-17 has announced increased spending on sectors like agriculture and infrastructure and pro-farmer and pro-poor schemes.
The party will adopt two resolutions during the two day meet — one on the political and the other on the economic situation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the valedictory session at the National Executive meet on Sunday.
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