Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda will address the opening session of the first state executive meeting of the party on July 14 after the less than expected results in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address the closing session.

The meeting will see the participation of around 3,600 delegates, said to be the biggest contingent and 10 times more than the previous such party conclave.

“Usually around 300 to 400 delegates attend the state executive meeting. But this time, around 3,000 delegates will participate in the meeting due to circumstances arising out of the party's performance in the Lok Sabha polls in the state,” a BJP leader said.

The party’s below par performance in Uttar Pradesh is one of the reasons for the BJP failing to reach the 272-mark in the Lok Sabha on its own.

Along with the BJP’s sitting MLAs and MPs, all Lok Sabha candidates who lost the poll have also been invited to the meeting.

Besides MLCs, zila panchayat and nagar palika chairpersons, district presidents, and all office-bearers of the party will also attend the meeting at the auditorium of the Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University in Lucknow.

According to the BJP leader, one or two political proposals will be passed at the meeting.

In addition, issues relating to farmers and women and membership drive will also be discussed at the day-long state executive meeting. The party’s programmes for the year ahead will also be discussed along with by-elections to 10 assembly seats in the state.

This will be the BJP national president’s first visit after the formation of the National Democratic Alliance government 0.3 at the Centre.

After the poll results, the BJP had constituted 40 teams of two members each, which visited all 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in UP with a focus on those seats that the party lost.