Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to ally growing concerns over the state of economy and prioritise his Government’s economic and political agenda at a two-day BJP national executive meeting which began here on Sunday. The Monday’s session where the PM will speak will be televised. On Sunday, top party leaders held internal meeting to finalise the programme.
Nearly 2,500 delegates including Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled States, legislators, and Members of Parliament will gather at the Talkatora Stadium in Delhi on Monday.
On Sunday, party president Amit Shah held a meeting with office-bearers, State chiefs and key organisational leaders to finalise agenda items, including resolutions, which the national executive is expected to discuss on September 25, the birth anniversary of Hindutva icon Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
Modi, who will deliver the valedictory address on Monday, may use the opportunity to highlight his Government’s pro-poor measures and other policy decisions.
With the Opposition parties attacking the Government’s handling of the economy by citing the fall in GDP rate and demonetisation figures, Modi is expected to take them on and highlight his dispensation’s “successes” in boosting transparency and curbing black money, party sources said.
The BJP sources said the party’s resolution is likely to assert that the economy has been doing better under the NDA than it did under the previous UPA Government.
The roll-out of the GST has been described by the party as a major success of the Government which, it has asserted, will integrate the country’s economy. The Prime Minister’s agenda of development will also be a key feature.
A senior party leader said the issue of Rohingya
immigrants, whom the Government has termed a threat to security, may also find a mention.
With the Government and the party embracing Upadhyaya’s plank of ‘antyodaya’, the executive is expected to cite a number of measures taken by the Union and the BJP-ruled States for the poor’s welfare.