Ahead of the national executive meeting of the BJP to be held in Bhubaneswar on April 15 and 16, State party in-charge Arun Singh on Sunday arrived here to chalk out a blueprint for the event.
Apart from Singh, BJP national joint secretary (organisation) Soudan Singh also arrived here on the day and participated in a preparatory meeting at the State party headquarters here along with State unit leaders and functionaries.
At a Press conference, Arun Singh gave details of the schedule of the national leaders’ arrival for the executive meeting.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi would attend the national executive meeting for two days. Party national president Amit Shah would be present for three days beginning from April 14. Besides, Chief Ministers of 13 BJP-ruled States would also attend the executive meeting,” Singh told reporters.
He also said that at the request of the BJP State unit and its president, Amit Shah has decided to hold the national executive meeting “in the land of lord Jagannath”. The two-day executive meeting will begin from 11 am on April 15 and conclude in the evening next day.
On April 14, a party functionaries’ meeting would in Bhubaneswar would be addressed by Shah, he added.
According to political observers, after its thumping victory in the recent Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal Assembly elections and the panchayat polls in Odisha, the BJP is devising strategies to capture power in Odisha in the 2019 elections.