In a bid to scale up preparation s for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is to hold two-day national council meeting on January 11 and 12 here as also the national conventions of seven of its seven ‘Morchas’ across the county. Some of the conventions of the ‘Morchas’ will be attended by Prime Minister Narandra Modi and party president Amit Shah.
Addressing a Press conference at the party office, BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav shared details of various meetings to be held across the country. These include the two-day ‘Scheduled Caste morcha’ meeting, to be attended by its chief Amit Shah on January 19-20 in Nagpur.
The ‘Scheduled Tribe morcha’ meeting will be held on February 2-3 in Bhubaneswar and the ‘OBC morcha’ on February 15-16 in Patna, Yadav told reporters after a meeting of the party’s office-bearers.
The party’s national council will be held on January 11-12 in the national Capital, he said. The party’s defeat in the Assembly elections was not discussed in the meeting, Yadav said, adding that it was not on the agenda.
While holding its Moarch meetings, the BJP will holding public rallies too, some of which would be addressed by Prime Minister.
Asked whether temple was discussed in meeting, Yadav said though not discussed, it was the commitment of the party and mentioned in its manifesto. Earlier in the day BJP parliamentary party held its meeting which was attended by the PM and the party chief.