The meeting of the BJP national office-bearers and executive committee, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru from April 2 to 4, is expected to deliberate on strengthening the party in southern States. This is the fifth national executive of the BJP in Bengaluru — the earlier ones were held in 1986, 1993, 1999, and 2008.
A senior BJP leader told The Pioneer that the three-day meet would also focus on chalking out strategies to win the forthcoming Assembly polls in several States, including Bihar and West Bengal. The leader said that apart from this, they willdiscuss land Acquisition Bill and the responsibility of the State units to counter the Opposition’s propaganda on the proposed legislation.
BJP State unit spokesperson Malavika Avinash said the national executive meet would specially focus on strengthening the party in the southern States and West Bengal. The State BJP has made elaborate arrangements for the meetings since the top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national president Amit Shah, will be present at the meeting. Modi is scheduled to take part in a public rally at the National College Grounds in Basavanagudi on April 3.