Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled States to ensure good governance, "timely implementation" of welfare schemes and "making har ghar tiranga a mass movement ".
The PM participated in the 'Mukhyamantri Parishad' - BJP Chief Ministers’ meeting- here at the party headquarters. Chief Ministers and deputy-Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled States attended the meeting presided by party president JP Nadda. The PM sought the Chief Ministers to ensure 'timely implementation' of welfare schemes and benefits reaching-out to the lowest in economic strata. The Assembly polls in several States including Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Tripura were also deliberated upon with states CM presenting their report cards and detailing the development goals ahead in the respective states. While the last such meeting was held in Varanasi in December 2021, as a two-day conclave, where the Prime Minister pushed for rolling out development projects and welfare schemes, the current meeting is being organized in the backdrop of the high-stakes assembly elections slated in different states later this year and next year. BJP recently received set- back in urban local polls in Madhya Pradesh, losing Gwalior Mayor seat to Congress and AAP wining the mayoral election in Singrauli. Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh are slated next year with Congress expected to give a tough electoral fight to ruling party. 'Har Ghar tiranga' programme for hoisting tricolour in about 20 crore houses was also taken up in meeting, sources said with Prime Minister being keen to make programne a 'big success.'
Ahead of Independence Day, Modi has appealed all for hoisting 'tiranga' in houses from August 13 to August 15.
Adopting "best practices" of BJP-ruled states by each other was emphasised in the meeting which simultaneously also outlined the organizational preparedness of BJP states in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of 18 states where BJP is in power on its own or in alliance with other parties attendedmeet. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel among other attended Mukhyamantri Parishad meeting.