BJP national president Amit Shah held a meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and other leaders of the State on Wednesday at the Swami Vivekananda Airport here during a brief stopover before proceeding on a tour of Odisha.
Notably, the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are due later this year and Shah preferred to discuss poll preparations being made by the party in Chhattisgarh during his brief stop over with the Chief Minister and other senior leaders of the party.
The National BJP Chief was at the airport for about one-and-a-half hours before leaving for his Odisha tour, Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters after the meeting.
During the meeting, there was a discussion on Shah's upcoming visit to the state, he said.
The BJP National Chief is likely to visit Chhattisgarh by this month-end when he will take a review of the tasks that he had assigned to the party office-bearers and the organisation during his visit in June last year, he said.
The two leaders also discussed preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bijapur district on April 14.
Notably, the Prime Minister would launch the 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme, the government's mega healthcare initiative, from Bijapur on the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar.
Under the scheme, the government plans to open 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres in the country to provide people-centric comprehensive primary health care.
Also, an over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approx 50 crore beneficiaries) in the country will be provided treatment coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
Meanwhile, the National BJP Chief also took stock of the Chhattisgarh government's recently concluded 'lok Suraj' campaign, for redressal of public's grievances, and the 'Jansampark Abhiyan' (to connect with people across the state).